Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2026
Remarks During a Telerally for Wyoming Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Megan Degenfelder
August 6, 2026
Well, thank you very much, Megan.
And hello to all of the patriots of the great State of Wyoming, where I had a great experience for a long time politically. I love the State. And we have every record that you have in the books, by millions of votes, and that makes me happy.
But there is a very important election happening in your State, and I'm asking you to get out and vote for a very special MAGA—really, we call it "MAGA Megan," actually—but just a warrior, and that's Megan Degenfelder. And she is really at a level of talent and a level—I think you're just going to be very, very happy and very proud of your decision. You're going to look back—she'll be your next Governor. We hope she's going to be your next Governor.
Early voting is happening right now, and it ends on Monday, August 17. So, you have just 11 days to go out and vote early, and you can also vote on election day. A lot of people like doing it that way. But they have election day—that's Tuesday, August 18.
To find your voting location and voting hours, I'm asking you to go right now, if you want: swampthevoteUSA.com. That's swampthevoteUSA.com. And they'll give you instructions on how to do it exactly and make it easy.
But Megan is an American-first warrior who's—she's got my complete and total endorsement. The only one. She's in a class by herself.
As State superintendent, as you know, she stood up for parents' rights and she fought for school choice. She kept men out of women's sports, removed the sexually explicit bill from your classrooms. Did so many things. She is really out there, and she wants to do it, and she can do an even better job as Governor.
I encouraged Megan for those reasons to run. And as your next Governor, she'll be an absolute star. You will not be disappointed.
She'll keep your taxes low. She'll defend your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. So long as she's Governor, you're not going to have any problem with that—although, it is a tough issue, and as you know, every year it gets tougher and tougher.
She'll ensure that your schools will teach your kids love, and love to—we want to love America, and that's exactly—when you see all of these lunatics that are running, they don't love America. They don't know what they love, but it's not America. But she's going to teach your kids to love America and that Wyoming schools will listen to Wyoming parents, which is what about—you want Wyoming values. And I guess I know because, as I said, I set your alltime voting record three times in Wyoming.
So Megan saying—with the last time being the highest, by the way, which was also nice to know.
But Megan stands with our police and always will "back the blue." She's very strong on law enforcement and strongly supports our heroes of ICE and Border Patrol.
As you know, we have—I inherited a border mess, an inflation mess, a mess in every way. But the border, we had it solved. For the last 16 months, zero people, if you can believe this—it's
hard to believe, but that's it; done by, as they say, Democrat-inclined people—zero people came into our country illegally through our southern border. We had 25 million come in under Biden, and they came in at levels of crime and everything else; 11,888 murderers came into our country. They were drug dealers and everything else. We've gotten a lot of them out. We're getting the rest of them out.
But she believes in a strong border and safe communities. With Megan as your next Governor, Wyoming's cap—your economy will just boom. Now, one of the reasons you like me is because I've allowed it to boom. We have—the whole country is booming right now, and Wyoming is a big beneficiary, and we'll keep it that way.
She supports clean, beautiful coal. She'll also unlock the liquid gold and natural gas under your feet. Wyoming will continue to grow into the American energy powerhouse that I've helped create. It's one of the reasons—I mean, it's a great—we took so many restrictions off. We let you go to work.
As the daughter of a sixth-generation farming family, she'll also fight for Wyoming's great farmers and ranchers. I got 95 percent of the farmers' votes and ranchers. I think the ranchers even higher than the farmers, actually. And I give them support and, really, the support that you need.
She'll slash unnecessary regulations and cut property taxes, and Wyoming will be hotter than ever before. Our country is hotter than ever before. And a year ago, year and a half ago, when I took over, this country was dead.
The King of Saudi Arabia said to me—and you've heard me say this, but he said to me 2 years ago—he said, "You know, President, a year ago, your country was dead, and now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world." And that's what we do, and Megan is going to help us keep it that way.
So, get out and vote. It's so important. And, once again, you can vote early until Monday, August 17, or you can go vote on election day, Tuesday, August 18. But whatever you do, make sure you get out and vote and find your voting location.
And I just want to hand it back to Megan, but she will never let you down. She's a very, very special person. So, get out and vote for Megan Degenfelder, and you're going to be happy. You're going to say, "President Trump gave me a good idea." You'll look back in the years, and you'll say that was a great choice. She's going to be very, very special.
And, Megan, you take it away.
And, again, to all of the great people that are on the line from Wyoming, I just want to thank you for the tremendous support you've given me during my rather short political career, but it was a very impactful career—political career. And I just want to thank you all very much.
And, Megan, thank you very much. And good luck. You've got to win, Megan. Good luck.
NOTE: The President spoke at 6:23 p.m. via teleconference from the White House. In his remarks, he referred to King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Wyoming Republican gubernatorial candidate Megan Degenfelder, telerally remarks.
Locations: Washington, DC.
Names: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Degenfelder, Megan; Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, King.
Subjects: 2026 midterm elections; Border security; Coal-based energy production, expansion efforts; Firearm rights; Illegal immigration; Oil and natural gas, domestic production; Saudi Arabia, King; Sports, efforts to restrict transgender participation; Transgender athletes, efforts to restrict participation; Voter participation; Wyoming, Governor.
DCPD Number: DCPD202600524.