Neal Dunn: “I am proud to be here to talk in favor of naming Washington National Airport after Ronald Reagan. He was my President. I…”

“I am proud to be here to talk in favor of naming Washington National Airport after Ronald Reagan. He was my President. I knew him, I admired him, I loved him. I worked with him as state party chairman in the State of Washington for all of those first years during the Reagan administration, the 8 years. And I remember my fondest memory of Ronald Reagan was when he came to Seattle in 1989, after he had left the Presidency and his Vice President, George Bush, had become President and he did a little meeting with some of the folks that cared a lot about Ronald Reagan. There were people who had been with him over the years from when he was first a movie actor, from when he ran for governor of California, from when he ran for the Presidency in 1976 and then again in 1980. And it was my joy that day to introduce him and to have the opportunity to thank Ronald Reagan for everything that he did for us. It was the last time I talked to him in private, but that was such an overwhelming sense of support in that room, all the personal connections in that room and the opportunity to say thank you, Mr. President, for getting rid of the potential threat from the Soviet Union, for standing strong for our Nation, for its principles, for everything that we believe in, and for leaving a legacy of decency in the White House, for setting us up to be able to compliment him now years later after he was the President.”