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The vice president talks about the urgency of the upcoming election, the attack on reproductive rights, Trump’s “gaslighting” of the American people, and more
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The vice president talks about the urgency of the upcoming election, the attack on reproductive rights, Trump’s “gaslighting” of the American people, and more
![Democratic National Convention: Day 2 | Tonight, I'm speaking at the Democratic National Convention about why Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the leaders our country needs right now. Tune in: | By Barack Obama | LOT ABOUT HOPE, SOMEONE \hLOT ABOUT HOPE, SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY. STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY. AND LET ME TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE AND LET ME TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES WITH HIM, HE WAKES UP WHO LIVES WITH HIM, HE WAKES UP EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY -- AND EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY -- AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THINKING ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY. PLEASE WELCOME AMERICA’S 44th PLEASE WELCOME AMERICA’S 44th PRESIDENT AND THE LOVE OF MY PRESIDENT AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, BARACK OBAMA. LIFE, BARACK OBAMA. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO, CHICAGO! >> HELLO, CHICAGO! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT’S ENOUGH. THAT’S ENOUGH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHICAGO! CHICAGO! IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME. IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME. IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME. IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME. AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M FEELING FIRED UP. I’M FEELING FIRED UP. I AM FEELING READY TO GO. I AM FEELING READY TO GO. EVEN IF -- EVEN IF I AM THE ONLY EVEN IF -- EVEN IF I AM THE ONLY PERSON STUPID ENOUGH TO SPEAK PERSON STUPID ENOUGH TO SPEAK AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA. AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA. I AM FEELING HOPEFUL BECAUSE I AM FEELING HOPEFUL BECAUSE THIS CONVENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS CONVENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY GOOD TO KIDS WITH FUNNY PRETTY GOOD TO KIDS WITH FUNNY NAMES WHO BELIEVE IN A COUNTRY NAMES WHO BELIEVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HER ELECT SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO GIVE ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE SAME CHANCES AMERICA PEOPLE THE SAME CHANCES AMERICA GAVE HER, SOMEONE WHO SEES YOU GAVE HER, SOMEONE WHO SEES YOU AND HEARS YOU AND WILL GET UP AND HEARS YOU AND WILL GET UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FIGHT FOR YOU, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE YOU, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. HARRIS. IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE I HAD IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE I HAD THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. AND I KNOW THAT’S HARD TO AND I KNOW THAT’S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AGED BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AGED A BIT, BUT IT’S TRUE. A BIT, BUT IT’S TRUE. AND LOOKING BACK, I CAN SAY AND LOOKING BACK, I CAN SAY WITHOUT QUESTION THAT MY FIRST WITHOUT QUESTION THAT MY FIRST BIG DECISION AS YOUR NOMINEE BIG DECISION AS YOUR NOMINEE TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY BEST. TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY BEST. AND THAT WAS ASKING JOE BIDEN TO AND THAT WAS ASKING JOE BIDEN TO SERVE BY MY SIDE AS VICE SERVE BY MY SIDE AS VICE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. NOW, OTHER THAN SOME COMMON NOW, OTHER THAN SOME COMMON IRISH BLOOD, JOE AND I COME FROM IRISH BLOOD, JOE AND I COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. BUT WE BECAME BROTHERS. BUT WE BECAME BROTHERS. AND AS WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR AND AS WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR EIGHT SOMETIMES PRETTY TOUGH EIGHT SOMETIMES PRETTY TOUGH YEARS, WHAT I CAME TO ADMIRE YEARS, WHAT I CAME TO ADMIRE MOST ABOUT JOE WASN’T JUST HIS MOST ABOUT JOE WASN’T JUST HIS SMARTS, HIS EXPERIENCE. SMARTS, HIS EXPERIENCE. IT WAS HIS EMPATHY AND HIS IT WAS HIS EMPATHY AND HIS DECENCY AND HIS HARD-EARNED DECENCY AND HIS HARD-EARNED RESILIENCE, HIS UNSHAKABLE RESILIENCE, HIS UNSHAKABLE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN THIS BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY DESERVES A FAIR SHOT. COUNTRY DESERVES A FAIR SHOT. AND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THOSE ARE THE VALUES AMERICA HAS THOSE ARE THE VALUES AMERICA HAS NEEDED MOST. NEEDED MOST. AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF OUR AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WERE SICK AND FELLOW CITIZENS WERE SICK AND DYING, WE NEEDED A LEADER WITH DYING, WE NEEDED A LEADER WITH THE CHARACTER TO PUT POLITICS THE CHARACTER TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. ASIDE AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. AT A TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS AT A TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS REELING, WE NEEDED A LEAD WE ARE REELING, WE NEEDED A LEAD WE ARE THE THE TO LOWER -- HIGHER WAGES, LOWER TO LOWER -- HIGHER WAGES, LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS. HEALTH CARE COSTS. AT A TIME WHEN THE OTHER PARTY AT A TIME WHEN THE OTHER PARTY HAD TURN SBODED INTO A CULT OF HAD TURN SBODED INTO A CULT OF PERSONALITY, WE NEEDED A LEADER PERSONALITY, WE NEEDED A LEADER WHO WAS STEADY AND BROUGHT WHO WAS STEADY AND BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WAS SELFLESS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WAS SELFLESS ENOUGH TO DO THE RAREST THING ENOUGH TO DO THE RAREST THING THERE IS IN POLITICS, PUTTING THERE IS IN POLITICS, PUTTING HIS OWN AMBITION ASIDE FOR THE HIS OWN AMBITION ASIDE FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY. SAKE OF THE COUNTRY. HISTORY WILL REMEMBER JOE BIDEN HISTORY WILL REMEMBER JOE BIDEN AS AN OUTSTANDING PRESIDENT WHO AS AN OUTSTANDING PRESIDENT WHO DEFENDED DEMOCRACY AT A MOMENT DEFENDED DEMOCRACY AT A MOMENT OF GREAT DANGER, AND I AM PROUD OF GREAT DANGER, AND I AM PROUD TO CALL HIM MY PRESIDENT. TO CALL HIM MY PRESIDENT. BUT I AM EVEN PROUDER TO CALL BUT I AM EVEN PROUDER TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND. HIM MY FRIEND. >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] THANK >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] THANK YOU, JOE. YOU, JOE. >> NOW, THE TORCH HAS BEEN >> NOW, THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED. PASSED. NOW, IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO NOW, IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE FIGHT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE IN. IN. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT WILL BE AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT WILL BE A FIGHT. A FIGHT. FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE ENERGY FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE ENERGY WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ZWRENGENERATE WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ZWRENGENERATE THE LAST FEW WEEKS, FOR THE ALL THE LAST FEW WEEKS, FOR THE ALL THE RALLIES AND THE MEMES, THIS THE RALLIES AND THE MEMES, THIS WILL STILL BE A TIGHT RACE IN A WILL STILL BE A TIGHT RACE IN A CLOSELY DIVIDED COUNTRY, A CLOSELY DIVIDED COUNTRY, A COUNTRY WHERE TOO MANY AMERICANS COUNTRY WHERE TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE STILL STRUGGLING, WHERE A ARE STILL STRUGGLING, WHERE A LOT OF AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE LOT OF AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE GOVERNMENT CAN HELP. GOVERNMENT CAN HELP. AND AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, AND AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DECIDE THIS THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION ARE ASKING A VERY ELECTION ARE ASKING A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. SIMPLE QUESTION. WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ME? WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ME? WHO’S THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE, WHO’S THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE, ABOUT MY CHILDREN’S FUTURE, ABOUT MY CHILDREN’S FUTURE, ABOUT OUR FUTURE TOGETHER? ABOUT OUR FUTURE TOGETHER? ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT LOSING SLEEP DONALD TRUMP IS NOT LOSING SLEEP OVER THAT QUESTION. OVER THAT QUESTION. HERE’S A 78-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE HERE’S A 78-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE WHO HAS NOT STOPPED WHINING WHO HAS NOT STOPPED WHINING ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS SINCE HE RODE ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS SINCE HE RODE DOWN HIS GOLDEN ESCALATOR NINE DOWN HIS GOLDEN ESCALATOR NINE YEARS AGO. YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT STREAM OF IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT STREAM OF GRIPES AND GRIEVANCES THAT’S GRIPES AND GRIEVANCES THAT’S ACTUALLY BEEN GETTING WORSE NOW ACTUALLY BEEN GETTING WORSE NOW THAT HE’S AFRAID OF LOSING TO THAT HE’S AFRAID OF LOSING TO KAMALA. KAMALA. THERE IS THE CHILDESTISH NICKNAM THERE IS THE CHILDESTISH NICKNAM THE CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THE CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THIS WEIRD OBSESSION WITH CROWD THIS WEIRD OBSESSION WITH CROWD SIZES. SIZES. IT -- IT -- I -- IT JUST GOES ON IT -- IT -- I -- IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND ON AND ON. THE OTHER DAY I HEARD SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY I HEARD SOMEONE COMPARE TRUMP TO THE NEIGHBOR COMPARE TRUMP TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO KEEPS RUNNING HIS LEAF WHO KEEPS RUNNING HIS LEAF BLOWER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW EVERY BLOWER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. NOW, FROM A NEIGHBOR, THAT’S NOW, FROM A NEIGHBOR, THAT’S EXHAUSTING. EXHAUSTING. FROM A PRESIDENT, IT’S JUST FROM A PRESIDENT, IT’S JUST DANGEROUS. DANGEROUS. THE TRUTH IS, DONALD TRUMP SEES THE TRUTH IS, DONALD TRUMP SEES POWER AS NOTHING MORE THAN A POWER AS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEANS TO HIS ENDS. MEANS TO HIS ENDS. HE WANTS THE MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY HE WANTS THE MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER HUGE TAX THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER HUGE TAX CUT THAT WOULD MOSTLY HELP HIM CUT THAT WOULD MOSTLY HELP HIM AND HIS RICH FRIENDS. AND HIS RICH FRIENDS. HE KILLED A BIPARTISAN HE KILLED A BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION DEAL WRITTEN IN PART IMMIGRATION DEAL WRITTEN IN PART BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED SECURE OUR WOULD HAVE HELPED SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE HE SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE HE THOUGHT TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THOUGHT TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM WOULD HURT HIS THE PROBLEM WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGN. HE DOESN’T -- DO NOT BOO. HE DOESN’T -- DO NOT BOO. VOTE. VOTE. HE DOESN’T SEEM TO CARE IF MORE HE DOESN’T SEEM TO CARE IF MORE WOMEN LOSE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE WOMEN LOSE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM SINCE IT WON’T AFFECT FREEDOM SINCE IT WON’T AFFECT HIS LIFE. HIS LIFE. AND MOST OF ALL, DONALD TRUMP AND MOST OF ALL, DONALD TRUMP WANTS US TO THINK THAT THIS WANTS US TO THINK THAT THIS COUNTRY IS HOPELESSLY DIVIDED COUNTRY IS HOPELESSLY DIVIDED BETWEEN US AND THEM, BETWEEN THE BETWEEN US AND THEM, BETWEEN THE REAL AMERICANS WHO, OF COURSE, REAL AMERICANS WHO, OF COURSE, SUPPORT HIM AND THE OUTSIDERS SUPPORT HIM AND THE OUTSIDERS WHO DON’T. WHO DON’T. AND HE WANTS YOU TO THINK THAT AND HE WANTS YOU TO THINK THAT YOU’LL BE RICHER AND SAFER IF YOU’LL BE RICHER AND SAFER IF YOU WILL JUST GIVE HIM THE POWER YOU WILL JUST GIVE HIM THE POWER TO PUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE BACK TO PUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR PLACE. IN THEIR PLACE. IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TRICKS IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TRICKS IN POLITICS. IN POLITICS. FROM A GUY WHO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, FROM A GUY WHO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, LET’S FACE IT, GOTTEN PRETTY LET’S FACE IT, GOTTEN PRETTY STALE, WE DO NOT NEED FOUR MORE STALE, WE DO NOT NEED FOUR MORE YEARS OF BLUSTER AND BUMBLING YEARS OF BLUSTER AND BUMBLING AND CHAOS. AND CHAOS. WE HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE BEFORE, WE HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE BEFORE, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SQLEQUE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SQLEQUE IS USUALLY WORSE. IS USUALLY WORSE. AMERICA’S READY FOR A NEW AMERICA’S READY FOR A NEW CHAPTER. CHAPTER. AMERICA IS READY FOR A BETTER AMERICA IS READY FOR A BETTER STORY. STORY. WE ARE READY FOR A PRESIDENT WE ARE READY FOR A PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. KAMALA HARRIS. AND KAMALA HARRIS IS READY FOR AND KAMALA HARRIS IS READY FOR THE JOB. THE JOB. THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF HER LIFE FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WHO NEED A VOICE AND A PEOPLE WHO NEED A VOICE AND A CHAMPION. CHAMPION. AS YOU HEARD FROM MICHELLE, AS YOU HEARD FROM MICHELLE, KAMALA WAS NOT BORN INTO KAMALA WAS NOT BORN INTO PRIVILEGE. PRIVILEGE. SHE HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT SHE’S SHE HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT SHE’S GOT. GOT. AND SHE ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT AND SHE ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. THROUGH. SHE’S NOT THE NEIGHBOR RUNNING SHE’S NOT THE NEIGHBOR RUNNING THE LEAF BLOWER. THE LEAF BLOWER. SHE’S THE NEIGHBOR RUSHING OVER SHE’S THE NEIGHBOR RUSHING OVER TO HELP WHEN YOU NEED A HAND. TO HELP WHEN YOU NEED A HAND. AS A PROSECUTOR, KAMALA STOOD UP AS A PROSECUTOR, KAMALA STOOD UP FOR CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN FOR CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE COUNTRY, SHE FOUGHT BIG BANKS COUNTRY, SHE FOUGHT BIG BANKS AND FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES, AND FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES, SECURING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SECURING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE PEOPLE THEY HAD SCAMMED. THE PEOPLE THEY HAD SCAMMED. AFTER THE HOME MORTGAGE CRISIS, AFTER THE HOME MORTGAGE CRISIS, SHE PUSHED ME AND MY SHE PUSHED ME AND MY ADMINISTRATION HARD TO MAKE SURE ADMINISTRATION HARD TO MAKE SURE HOMEOWNERS GOT A FAIR HOMEOWNERS GOT A FAIR SETTLEMENT. SETTLEMENT. DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WAS A DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WAS A DEMOCRAT. DEMOCRAT. DIDN’T MATTER THAT SHE HAD DIDN’T MATTER THAT SHE HAD KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR MY KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR MY CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGN. SHE WAS GOING TO FIGHT TO GET AS SHE WAS GOING TO FIGHT TO GET AS MUCH RELIEF AS POSSIBLE FOR THE MUCH RELIEF AS POSSIBLE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO DESERVED IT. FAMILIES WHO DESERVED IT. AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE HELPED AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE HELPED TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES TO TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES TO CAP THE COST OF INSULIN, LOWER CAP THE COST OF INSULIN, LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, GET THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, GET FAMILIES WITH KIDS A TAX CUT. FAMILIES WITH KIDS A TAX CUT. AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WITH REAL PLANS TO LOWER COSTS WITH REAL PLANS TO LOWER COSTS EVEN MORE AND PROTECT MEDICARE EVEN MORE AND PROTECT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND SIGN A LAW TO AND MEDICAID AND SIGN A LAW TO GUARANTEE EVERY WOMAN’S RIGHT TO GUARANTEE EVERY WOMAN’S RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN HEALTH CARE MAKE HER OWN HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. DECISIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, KAMALA HARRIS IN OTHER WORDS, KAMALA HARRIS WON’T BE FOCUSED ON HER WON’T BE FOCUSED ON HER PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS. SHE’LL BE FOCUSED ON YOURS. SHE’LL BE FOCUSED ON YOURS. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WON’T JUST AS PRESIDENT, SHE WON’T JUST CATER TO HER OWN SUPPORTERS AND CATER TO HER OWN SUPPORTERS AND PUNISH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KISS PUNISH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KISS THE RING OR BEND THE KNEE. THE RING OR BEND THE KNEE. SHE’LL WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY SHE’LL WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN. AMERICAN. THAT’S WHO KAMALA IS. THAT’S WHO KAMALA IS. AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE WILL AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I LOVE THIS GUY. I LOVE THIS GUY. TIM IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO TIM IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO SHOULD BE IN POLITICS. SHOULD BE IN POLITICS. BORN IN A SMALL TOWN, SERVED HIS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN, SERVED HIS COUNTRY, TAUGHT KIDS, COACHED COUNTRY, TAUGHT KIDS, COACHED FOOTBALL, TOOK CARE OF HIS FOOTBALL, TOOK CARE OF HIS NEIGHBORS. NEIGHBORS. HE KNOWS WHO HE IS, AND HE KNOWS HE KNOWS WHO HE IS, AND HE KNOWS WHAT’S IMPORTANT. WHAT’S IMPORTANT. YOU CAN TELL THOSE FLANNEL YOU CAN TELL THOSE FLANNEL SHIRTS HE WEARS DON’T COME FROM SHIRTS HE WEARS DON’T COME FROM SOME POLITICAL CONSULTANT. SOME POLITICAL CONSULTANT. THEY COME FROM HIS CLOSET. THEY COME FROM HIS CLOSET. AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF. STUFF. THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF. STUFF. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. TOGETHER, KAMALA AND TIM HAVE TOGETHER, KAMALA AND TIM HAVE KEPT FAITH WITH AMERICA’S KEPT FAITH WITH AMERICA’S CENTRAL STORY, A STORY THAT SAYS CENTRAL STORY, A STORY THAT SAYS WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. ALL OF US ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN ALL OF US ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE THAT EVEN WHEN DESERVES A CHANCE THAT EVEN WHEN WE ADOPTDON’T AGREE WITH EACH OT WE ADOPTDON’T AGREE WITH EACH OT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER. EACH OTHER. THAT’S KAMALA’S VISION. THAT’S KAMALA’S VISION. THAT’S TIM’S VISION. THAT’S TIM’S VISION. THAT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S THAT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S VISION. VISION. AND OUR JOB OVER THE NEXT 11 AND OUR JOB OVER THE NEXT 11 WEEKS IS TO CONVINCE AS MANY WEEKS IS TO CONVINCE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO VOTE FOR THAT VISION. THAT VISION. NOW, IT WON’T BE EASY. NOW, IT WON’T BE EASY. THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS IT’S EASIER THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS IT’S EASIER TO PLAY ON PEOPLE’S FEARS AND TO PLAY ON PEOPLE’S FEARS AND CYNICISM, ALWAYS HAS BEEN. CYNICISM, ALWAYS HAS BEEN. THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT GOVERNMENT IS INHERENTLY GOVERNMENT IS INHERENTLY CORRUPT, THAT SACRIFICE AND CORRUPT, THAT SACRIFICE AND GENEROSITY ARE FOR SUCKERS. GENEROSITY ARE FOR SUCKERS. AND SINCE THE GAME IS RIGGED, AND SINCE THE GAME IS RIGGED, IT’S OKAY TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT IT’S OKAY TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND JUST LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN. AND JUST LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN. THAT’S THE EASY PATH. THAT’S THE EASY PATH. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TASK. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TASK. OUR JOB IS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE OUR JOB IS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT DEMOCRACY COULD ACTUALLY THAT DEMOCRACY COULD ACTUALLY DELIVER. DELIVER. AND IN DOING THAT, WE CAN’T JUST AND IN DOING THAT, WE CAN’T JUST POINT TO WHAT WE’VE ALREADY POINT TO WHAT WE’VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. ACCOMPLISHED. WE CAN’T JUST RELY ON THE IDEAS WE CAN’T JUST RELY ON THE IDEAS OF THE PAST. OF THE PAST. WE NEED TO CHART A NEW WAY WE NEED TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD, TO MEET THE CHALLENGES FORWARD, TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. OF TODAY. AND KAMALA UNDERSTANDS THIS. AND KAMALA UNDERSTANDS THIS. SHE KNOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF SHE KNOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE UNITS AND WE NEED TO BUILD MORE UNITS AND PUT AWAY SOME OF THE OUTDATED PUT AWAY SOME OF THE OUTDATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT MADE LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT MADE IT HARDER TO BUILD HOMES FOR IT HARDER TO BUILD HOMES FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS A PRIORITY, AND SHE’S THAT IS A PRIORITY, AND SHE’S PUT OUT A BOLD NEW PLAN TO DO PUT OUT A BOLD NEW PLAN TO DO JUST THAT. JUST THAT. ON HEALTH CARE, WE SHOULD ALL BE ON HEALTH CARE, WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THE ENORMOUS PROGRESS PROUD OF THE ENORMOUS PROGRESS THAT WE’VE MADE THROUGH THE THAT WE’VE MADE THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PROVIDING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE COVERAGE, PROTECTING AFFORDABLE COVERAGE, PROTECTING MILLIONS MORE FROM UNSCRUPULOUS MILLIONS MORE FROM UNSCRUPULOUS INSURANCE PRACTICES. INSURANCE PRACTICES. I NOTICED, BY THE WAY, THAT I NOTICED, BY THE WAY, THAT SINCE IT’S BECOME POPULAR, THEY SINCE IT’S BECOME POPULAR, THEY DON’T CALL IT OBAMACARE NO MORE. DON’T CALL IT OBAMACARE NO MORE. BUT KAMALA KNOWS WE CAN’T STOP BUT KAMALA KNOWS WE CAN’T STOP THERE, WHICH IS WHY SHE’LL KEEP THERE, WHICH IS WHY SHE’LL KEEP WORKING TO LIMIT OUT OF POCKET WORKING TO LIMIT OUT OF POCKET COSTS. COSTS. KAMALA KNOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO KAMALA KNOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET AHEAD, WE NEED HELP PEOPLE GET AHEAD, WE NEED TO PUT A COLLEGE DEGREE WITHIN TO PUT A COLLEGE DEGREE WITHIN REACH OF MORE AMERICANS. REACH OF MORE AMERICANS. BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS COLLEGE BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS COLLEGE SHOULDN’T BE THE ONLY TICKET TO SHOULDN’T BE THE ONLY TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. THE MIDDLE CLASS. WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF GOVERNORS LIKE TIM WALZ WHO GOVERNORS LIKE TIM WALZ WHO SAID, IF YOU’VE GOT THE SKILLS SAID, IF YOU’VE GOT THE SKILLS AND THE DRIVE, YOU SHOULDN’T AND THE DRIVE, YOU SHOULDN’T NEED A DEGREE TO WORK FOR STATE NEED A DEGREE TO WORK FOR STATE GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT. AND IN THIS NEW ECONOMY, WE NEED AND IN THIS NEW ECONOMY, WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY CARES A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO WAKE UP ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO THE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO THE ESSENTIAL OFTEN THANKLESS WORK, ESSENTIAL OFTEN THANKLESS WORK, TO CARE FOR OUR SICK, TO CLEAN TO CARE FOR OUR SICK, TO CLEAN OUR STREETS, TO DELIVER OUR OUR STREETS, TO DELIVER OUR PACKAGES. PACKAGES. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BARGAIN FOR BETTER WAGES AND BARGAIN FOR BETTER WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. WORKING CONDITIONS. AND KAMALA WILL BE THAT AND KAMALA WILL BE THAT PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. YES, SHE CAN. YES, SHE CAN. >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] YES, SHE >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] YES, SHE CAN. CAN. >> YES, SHE CAN. >> YES, SHE CAN. A HARRIS/WALZ ADMINISTRATION CAN A HARRIS/WALZ ADMINISTRATION CAN HELP US MOVE PAST SOME OF THE HELP US MOVE PAST SOME OF THE TIRED OLD DEBATES THAT KEEP TIRED OLD DEBATES THAT KEEP STIFLING PROGRESS BECAUSE AT STIFLING PROGRESS BECAUSE AT THEIR CORE, KAMALA AND TIM THEIR CORE, KAMALA AND TIM UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERYBODY GETS A FAIR SHOT, WE ARE ALL GETS A FAIR SHOT, WE ARE ALL BETTER OFF. BETTER OFF. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERY THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERY CHILD GETS A GOOD EDUCATION, THE CHILD GETS A GOOD EDUCATION, THE WHOLE ECONOMY GETS STRONGER. WHOLE ECONOMY GETS STRONGER. WHEN WOMEN ARE PAID THE SAME AS WHEN WOMEN ARE PAID THE SAME AS MEN FOR DOING THE SAME JOB, ALL MEN FOR DOING THE SAME JOB, ALL FAMILIES BENEFIT. FAMILIES BENEFIT. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN SECURE OUR BORDERS WITHOUT SECURE OUR BORDERS WITHOUT TEARING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR TEARING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS, JUST LIKE WE CAN KEEP PARENTS, JUST LIKE WE CAN KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE WHILE ALSO OUR STREETS SAFE WHILE ALSO BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN LAW BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND ELIMINATING BIAS. THEY SERVE AND ELIMINATING BIAS. THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER FOR THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. DONALD TRUMP AND HIS WELL-HEELED DONALD TRUMP AND HIS WELL-HEELED DONORS, THEY DON’T SEE THE WORLD DONORS, THEY DON’T SEE THE WORLD THAT WAY. THAT WAY. FOR THEM, ONE GROUP’S GAINS IS FOR THEM, ONE GROUP’S GAINS IS NECESSARILY ANOTHER GROUP’S NECESSARILY ANOTHER GROUP’S LOSS. LOSS. FOR THEM, FREEDOM MEANS THAT THE FOR THEM, FREEDOM MEANS THAT THE POWERFUL CAN DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT POWERFUL CAN DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY PLEASE, WHETHER IT’S THEY PLEASE, WHETHER IT’S FIREWORKERS TRYING TO ORGANIZE A FIREWORKERS TRYING TO ORGANIZE A UNION OR PUT POISON IN OUR UNION OR PUT POISON IN OUR RIVERS OR AVOID PAYING TAXES RIVERS OR AVOID PAYING TAXES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO. WELL, WE HAVE A BROADER IDEA OF WELL, WE HAVE A BROADER IDEA OF FREEDOM. FREEDOM. WE BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM TO WE BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM TO PROVIDE FREEDOM OF FAMILY IF PROVIDE FREEDOM OF FAMILY IF YOU’RE WILLING TO WORK HARD, THE YOU’RE WILLING TO WORK HARD, THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND SEND YOUR DRINK CLEAN WATER AND SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WORRYING KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WORRYING IF THEY’LL COME HOME. IF THEY’LL COME HOME. WE BELIEVE THAT TRUE FREEDOM WE BELIEVE THAT TRUE FREEDOM GIVES EACH OF US THE RIGHT TO GIVES EACH OF US THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR OWN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR OWN LIFE, HOW WE WORSHIP, WHAT OUR LIFE, HOW WE WORSHIP, WHAT OUR FAMILY LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY KIDS FAMILY LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE, WHO WE MARRY. WE HAVE, WHO WE MARRY. AND WE BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM AND WE BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM REQUIRES US TO RECOGNIZE THAT REQUIRES US TO RECOGNIZE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE FREEDOM TO OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE FREEDOM TO MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS. THAN OURS. THAT’S OKAY. THAT’S OKAY. THAT’S THE AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS THAT’S THE AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ BELIEVE IN, AN AND TIM WALZ BELIEVE IN, AN AMERICA WHERE WE THE PEOPLE AMERICA WHERE WE THE PEOPLE INCLUDES EVERYONE. INCLUDES EVERYONE. BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THIS BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THIS AMERICAN EXPERIMENT WORKS. AMERICAN EXPERIMENT WORKS. AND DESPITE WHAT OUR POLITICS AND DESPITE WHAT OUR POLITICS MIGHT SUGGEST, I THINK MOST MIGHT SUGGEST, I THINK MOST AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT. AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT. DEMOCRACY ISN’T JUST A BUNCH OF DEMOCRACY ISN’T JUST A BUNCH OF ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES AND DUSTY ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES AND DUSTY LAWS IN SOME BOOK SOMEWHERE. LAWS IN SOME BOOK SOMEWHERE. IT’S THE VALUES WE LIVE BY. IT’S THE VALUES WE LIVE BY. IT’S THE WAY WE TREAT EACH IT’S THE WAY WE TREAT EACH OTHER, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DON’T OTHER, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DON’T LOOK LIKE US OR PRAY LIKE US OR LOOK LIKE US OR PRAY LIKE US OR SEE THE WORLD EXACTLY LIKE WE SEE THE WORLD EXACTLY LIKE WE DO. DO. THAT SENSE OF MUTUAL RESPECT HAS THAT SENSE OF MUTUAL RESPECT HAS TO BE PART OF OUR MESSAGE. TO BE PART OF OUR MESSAGE. OUR POLITICS HAVE BECOME SO OUR POLITICS HAVE BECOME SO POLARIZED THESE DAYS THAT ALL OF POLARIZED THESE DAYS THAT ALL OF US ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM US ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM SEEM SO QUICK TO ASSUME THE SEEM SO QUICK TO ASSUME THE WORST IN OTHERS UNLESS THEY WORST IN OTHERS UNLESS THEY AGREE WITH US ON EVERY SINGLE AGREE WITH US ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE. ISSUE. WE START THINKING THAT THE ONLY WE START THINKING THAT THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS TO SCOLD AND SHAME WAY TO WIN IS TO SCOLD AND SHAME AND OUT-YELL THE OTHER SIDE. AND OUT-YELL THE OTHER SIDE. AND AFTER A WHILE, REGULAR FOLKS AND AFTER A WHILE, REGULAR FOLKS JUST TUNE OUT OR THEY DON’T JUST TUNE OUT OR THEY DON’T BOTHER TO VOTE. BOTHER TO VOTE. NOW, THAT APPROACH MAY WORK FOR NOW, THAT APPROACH MAY WORK FOR THE POLITICIANS WHO JUST WANT THE POLITICIANS WHO JUST WANT ATTENTION AND THRIVE ON ATTENTION AND THRIVE ON DIVISION. DIVISION. BUT IT WON’T WORK FOR US. BUT IT WON’T WORK FOR US. TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE THINGS TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT WE CARE ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE’S LIVES. REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE’S LIVES. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE’VE WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE’VE ALL GOT OUR BLIND SPOTS AND ALL GOT OUR BLIND SPOTS AND CONTRADICTIONS AND PREJUDICES CONTRADICTIONS AND PREJUDICES AND THAT IF WE WANT TO WIN OVER AND THAT IF WE WANT TO WIN OVER THOSE WHO AREN’T YET READY TO THOSE WHO AREN’T YET READY TO SUPPORT OUR CANDIDATES, WE NEED SUPPORT OUR CANDIDATES, WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING IN THE MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS. PROCESS. AFTER ALL, IF A PARENT OR AFTER ALL, IF A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT OCCASIONALLY SAYS GRANDPARENT OCCASIONALLY SAYS SOMETHING THAT MAKES US CRINGE, SOMETHING THAT MAKES US CRINGE, WE DON’T AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME WE DON’T AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THEY’RE BAD PEOPLE. THEY’RE BAD PEOPLE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORLD IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORLD IS MOVING FAST, THAT THEY NEED TIME MOVING FAST, THAT THEY NEED TIME AND MAYBE A LITTLE ENCOURAGE AND MAYBE A LITTLE ENCOURAGE TONIGHT CATCH UP. TONIGHT CATCH UP. OUR FELLOW CITIZENS DESERVE THE OUR FELLOW CITIZENS DESERVE THE SAME GRACE WE HOPE THEY’LL SAME GRACE WE HOPE THEY’LL EXTEND TO US. EXTEND TO US. THAT’S HOW WE CAN BUILD A TRUE THAT’S HOW WE CAN BUILD A TRUE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, ONE THAT DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, ONE THAT CAN GET THINGS DONE. CAN GET THINGS DONE. AND BY THE WAY, THAT DOES NOT AND BY THE WAY, THAT DOES NOT JUST MATTER TO THE PEOPLE IN JUST MATTER TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WATCHING TO SEE IF WE CAN WATCHING TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL THIS OFF. ACTUALLY PULL THIS OFF. NO NATION, NO SOCIETY, HAS EVER NO NATION, NO SOCIETY, HAS EVER TRIED TO BUILD A DEMOCRACY HAS TRIED TO BUILD A DEMOCRACY HAS BIG AND AS DIVERSE AS OURS BIG AND AS DIVERSE AS OURS BEFORE, ONE THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE BEFORE, ONE THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT OVER DECADES HAVE COME FROM THAT OVER DECADES HAVE COME FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE, ONE EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE, ONE WHERE OUR ALLEGIANCES AND OUR WHERE OUR ALLEGIANCES AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE DEFINED NOT BY COMMUNITY ARE DEFINED NOT BY RACE OR BY BLOOD BUT BY A COMMON RACE OR BY BLOOD BUT BY A COMMON CREED. CREED. AND THAT’S WHY WHEN UPHOLD OUR AND THAT’S WHY WHEN UPHOLD OUR VALUES, THE WORLD SAY LITTLEIS A VALUES, THE WORLD SAY LITTLEIS A BRIGHTER. BRIGHTER. WHEN WE DON’T, THE WORLD IS A WHEN WE DON’T, THE WORLD IS A LITTLE DIMMER, AND DICTATORS AND LITTLE DIMMER, AND DICTATORS AND AUTOCRATS BECOME EMBOLDENED. AUTOCRATS BECOME EMBOLDENED. AND OVER TIME, WE BECOME LESS AND OVER TIME, WE BECOME LESS SAFE. SAFE. WE SHOULDN’T BE THE WORLD’S WE SHOULDN’T BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMEN, AND WE CAN’T POLICEMEN, AND WE CAN’T ERADICATE EVERY CRUELTY AND ERADICATE EVERY CRUELTY AND INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD. INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD. BUT AMERICA CAN BE AND MUST BE A BUT AMERICA CAN BE AND MUST BE A FORCE FOR GOOD, DISCOURAGING FORCE FOR GOOD, DISCOURAGING CONFLICT, FIGHTING DISEASE, CONFLICT, FIGHTING DISEASE, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFENDING CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFENDING FREEDOM, BROKERING PEACE. FREEDOM, BROKERING PEACE. THAT’S WHAT KAMALA HARRIS THAT’S WHAT KAMALA HARRIS BELIEVES, AND SO DO MOST BELIEVES, AND SO DO MOST AMERICANS. [ CROWD CHANTING ] [ CROWD CHANTING ] I -- I KNOW THESE IDEAS CAN FEEL I -- I KNOW THESE IDEAS CAN FEEL PRETTY NAIVE RIGHT NOW. PRETTY NAIVE RIGHT NOW. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF SUCH WE LIVE IN A TIME OF SUCH CONFUSION AND RANKER. CONFUSION AND RANKER. WE’RE THE CULTURE THAT PUTS -- WE’RE THE CULTURE THAT PUTS -- ON THINGS THAT DON’T LAST, ON THINGS THAT DON’T LAST, MONEY, FAME, STATUS, LIKES. MONEY, FAME, STATUS, LIKES. WE CHASE THE APPROVAL OF WE CHASE THE APPROVAL OF STRANGERS ON OUR PHONES. STRANGERS ON OUR PHONES. WE BUILD ALL MANNER OF WALLS AND WE BUILD ALL MANNER OF WALLS AND FENCES AROUND OURSELVES AND THEN FENCES AROUND OURSELVES AND THEN WE WONDER WHY WE FEEL SO ALONE. WE WONDER WHY WE FEEL SO ALONE. WE DON’T TRUST EACH OTHER AS WE DON’T TRUST EACH OTHER AS MUCH BECAUSE WE DON’T TAKE THE MUCH BECAUSE WE DON’T TAKE THE TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER. TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER. AND IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN US, AND IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN US, POLITICIANS AND ALGORITHMS TEACH POLITICIANS AND ALGORITHMS TEACH US TO CARICATURE EACH OTHER, US TO CARICATURE EACH OTHER, CONTROL EACH OTHER, AND FEAR CONTROL EACH OTHER, AND FEAR EACH OTHER. EACH OTHER. BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS, BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS, CHICAGO. CHICAGO. ALL ACROSS AMERICA IN BIG CITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA IN BIG CITIES AND SMALL TOWNS, AWAY FROM ALL AND SMALL TOWNS, AWAY FROM ALL THE NOISE, THE TIES THAT BIND US THE NOISE, THE TIES THAT BIND US TOGETHER ARE STILL THERE. TOGETHER ARE STILL THERE. WE STILL COACH LITTLE LEAGUE AND WE STILL COACH LITTLE LEAGUE AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR ELDERLY LOOK OUT FOR OUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS. NEIGHBORS. WE STILL FEED THE HUNGRY IN WE STILL FEED THE HUNGRY IN CHURCHES AND MOSQUES AND CHURCHES AND MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES. SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES. WE SHARE THE SAME PRIDE WHEN OUR WE SHARE THE SAME PRIDE WHEN OUR OLYMPIC ATHLETES COMPETE FOR THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES COMPETE FOR THE GOLD BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY GOLD BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF US DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A OF US DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT’S BITTER AND COUNTRY THAT’S BITTER AND DIVIDED. DIVIDED. WE WANT SOMETHING BETTER. WE WANT SOMETHING BETTER. WE WANT TO BE BETTER. WE WANT TO BE BETTER. AND THE JOY AND THE EXCITEMENT AND THE JOY AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE’RE SEEING AROUND THIS THAT WE’RE SEEING AROUND THIS CAMPAIGN TELLS US WE’RE NOT CAMPAIGN TELLS US WE’RE NOT ALONE. ALONE. YOU KNOW, I’VE SPENT A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS THESE TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS THESE PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE, AS PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE, AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, THIS SUMMER MICHELLE MENTIONED, THIS SUMMER WE LOST HER MOM, MS. MARIANNE WE LOST HER MOM, MS. MARIANNE ROBINSON. ROBINSON. AND I DON’T KNOW THAT ANYBODY AND I DON’T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS EVER LOVED THEIR HAS EVER LOVED THEIR MOTHER-IN-LAW ANY MORE THAN I MOTHER-IN-LAW ANY MORE THAN I LOVED MINE. LOVED MINE. MOSTLY IT’S BECAUSE SHE WAS MOSTLY IT’S BECAUSE SHE WAS FUNNY AND WISE AND THE LEAST FUNNY AND WISE AND THE LEAST PRETENTIOUS PERSON I KNEW. PRETENTIOUS PERSON I KNEW. THAT AND SHE ALWAYS DEFENDED ME THAT AND SHE ALWAYS DEFENDED ME WITH MICHELLE WHEN I MESSED UP. WITH MICHELLE WHEN I MESSED UP. I’D HIDE BEHIND HER. I’D HIDE BEHIND HER. BUT I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE BUT I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE REASONS MARY AND I BECAME SO REASONS MARY AND I BECAME SO CLOSE WAS SHE REMINDED ME OF MY CLOSE WAS SHE REMINDED ME OF MY GRANDMOTHER, THE WOMAN WHO GRANDMOTHER, THE WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE ME AS A CHILD. HELPED RAISE ME AS A CHILD. AND ON THE SURFACE, THE TWO OF AND ON THE SURFACE, THE TWO OF THEM DID NOT HAVE A LOT IN THEM DID NOT HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. COMMON. ONE WAS A BLACK WOMAN FROM RIGHT ONE WAS A BLACK WOMAN FROM RIGHT HERE, SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, HERE, SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, RIGHT DOWN THE WAY. RIGHT DOWN THE WAY. WENT TO INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. WENT TO INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER WAS A LITTLE OLD WHITE THE OTHER WAS A LITTLE OLD WHITE LADY BORN IN A TINY TOWN CALLED LADY BORN IN A TINY TOWN CALLED PEWU, KANSAS. PEWU, KANSAS. I KNOW THERE AREN’T THAT MANY I KNOW THERE AREN’T THAT MANY PEOPLE FROM PEWU. PEOPLE FROM PEWU. AND YET THEY SHARED A BASIC AND YET THEY SHARED A BASIC OUTLOOK ON LIFE. OUTLOOK ON LIFE. THEY WERE STRONG, SMART, THEY WERE STRONG, SMART, RESOURCEFUL WOMEN, FULL OF RESOURCEFUL WOMEN, FULL OF COMMON SENSE WHO, REGARDLESS OF COMMON SENSE WHO, REGARDLESS OF THE BARRIERS THEY ENCOUNTERED -- THE BARRIERS THEY ENCOUNTERED -- AND WOMEN GROWING UP IN THE ’40s AND WOMEN GROWING UP IN THE ’40s AND ’50s AND ’60s, THEY AND ’50s AND ’60s, THEY ENCOUNTERED BARRIERS. ENCOUNTERED BARRIERS. THEY STILL WENT ABOUT THEIR THEY STILL WENT ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT FUSS OR BUSINESS WITHOUT FUSS OR COMPLAINT AND PROVIDED AN COMPLAINT AND PROVIDED AN UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF LOVE UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF LOVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. GRANDCHILDREN. IN THAT SENSE, THEY BOTH IN THAT SENSE, THEY BOTH REPRESENTED AN ENTIRE GENERATION REPRESENTED AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO, THROUGH OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO, THROUGH WAR AND DEPRESSION, WAR AND DEPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITED DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITED OPPORTUNITY, HELPED BUILD THIS OPPORTUNITY, HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY. COUNTRY. A LOT OF THEM TOILED EVERY DAY A LOT OF THEM TOILED EVERY DAY AT JOBS THAT WERE OFTEN TOO AT JOBS THAT WERE OFTEN TOO SMALL FOR THEM AND DIDN’T PAY A SMALL FOR THEM AND DIDN’T PAY A LOT. LOT. THEY WILLINGLY WENT WITHOUT JUST THEY WILLINGLY WENT WITHOUT JUST TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THE TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THE FAMILIES’ HEADS, JUST TO GIVE FAMILIES’ HEADS, JUST TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING BETTER. THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING BETTER. BUT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS TRUE. BUT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS TRUE. THEY KNEW WHAT MATTERED, THINGS THEY KNEW WHAT MATTERED, THINGS LIKE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, LIKE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, KINDNESS AND HARD WORK. KINDNESS AND HARD WORK. THEY WEREN’T IMPRESSED WITH THEY WEREN’T IMPRESSED WITH BRAGGARTS OR BULLIES. BRAGGARTS OR BULLIES. THEY DIDN’T THINK PUTTING OTHER THEY DIDN’T THINK PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN LIFTED YOU UP OR PEOPLE DOWN LIFTED YOU UP OR MADE YOU STRONG. MADE YOU STRONG. THEY DIDN’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME THEY DIDN’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN’T OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE. HAVE. INSTEAD, THEY APPRECIATED WHAT INSTEAD, THEY APPRECIATED WHAT THEY DID. THEY DID. THEY FOUND PLEASURE IN SIMPLE THEY FOUND PLEASURE IN SIMPLE THINGS, A CARD GAME WITH THINGS, A CARD GAME WITH FRIENDS, A GOOD MEAL, AND FRIENDS, A GOOD MEAL, AND LAUGHTER AROUND THE KITCHEN LAUGHTER AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE, HELPING OTHERS, AND MOST TABLE, HELPING OTHERS, AND MOST OF ALL SEEING THEIR CHILDREN DO OF ALL SEEING THEIR CHILDREN DO THINGS AND GO PLACES THAT THEY THINGS AND GO PLACES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED FOR WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED FOR THEMSELVES. THEMSELVES. WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN OR SOMEWHERE IN REPUBLICAN OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE ALL HAD PEOPLE BETWEEN, WE HAVE ALL HAD PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES, PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES, PEOPLE LIKE KAMALA’S PARENTS WHO LIKE KAMALA’S PARENTS WHO CROSSED OCEANS BECAUSE THEY CROSSED OCEANS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE PROMISE OF BELIEVED IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, PEOPLE LIKE TIM’S AMERICA, PEOPLE LIKE TIM’S PARENTS, WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT PARENTS, WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE, GOOD, THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE, GOOD, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T FAMOUS OR POWERFUL, BUT WHO FAMOUS OR POWERFUL, BUT WHO MANAGED IN COUNTLESS WAYS TO MANAGED IN COUNTLESS WAYS TO LEAD THIS COUNTRYLEAVE THIS COUN LEAD THIS COUNTRYLEAVE THIS COUN LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT. FOUND IT. AS MUCH AS ANY POLICY OR AS MUCH AS ANY POLICY OR PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT WE YEARN FOR A, A RETURN TO AN WE YEARN FOR A, A RETURN TO AN AMERICA WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AMERICA WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, A AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, A RESTORATION OF WHAT LINCOLN RESTORATION OF WHAT LINCOLN CALLED ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR CALLED ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR ARE BONDS OF AFFECTION, AN ARE BONDS OF AFFECTION, AN AMERICA THAT TAPS WHAT HE CALLED AMERICA THAT TAPS WHAT HE CALLED THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT. ABOUT. AND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY IF WE AND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY IF WE EACH DO OUR PART OVER THE NEXT EACH DO OUR PART OVER THE NEXT 77 DAYS, IF WE KNOCK ON DOORS, 77 DAYS, IF WE KNOCK ON DOORS, IF WE MAKE PHONE CALLS, IF WE IF WE MAKE PHONE CALLS, IF WE TALK TO OUR FRIENDS, IF WE TALK TO OUR FRIENDS, IF WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS, IF WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS, IF WE WORK LIKE WE’VE NEVER WORKED WORK LIKE WE’VE NEVER WORKED BEFORE, IF WE HOLD FIRM TO OUR BEFORE, IF WE HOLD FIRM TO OUR CONVICTIONS, WE WILL ELECT CONVICTIONS, WE WILL ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE NEXT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND TIM WALZ AS THE NEXT VICE AND TIM WALZ AS THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WE WILL ELECT LEADERS UP AND WE WILL ELECT LEADERS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT WHO WILL FIGHT DOWN THE BALLOT WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE HOPEFUL, FORWARD-LOOKING FOR THE HOPEFUL, FORWARD-LOOKING AMERICA WE ALL BELIEVE IN. AMERICA WE ALL BELIEVE IN. AND TOGETHER WE, TOO, WILL BUILD AND TOGETHER WE, TOO, WILL BUILD A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE SECURE A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE SECURE AND MORE JUST, MORE EQUAL, AND AND MORE JUST, MORE EQUAL, AND MORE FREE. MORE FREE. SO, LET’S GET TO WORK. SO, LET’S GET TO WORK. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE’LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN CARRY](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/9c/cc/559ccc3b4cf3604a159b1bd23ad542f7.png)
![Democratic National Convention: Day 2 | Tonight, I'm speaking at the Democratic National Convention about why Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the leaders our country needs right now. Tune in: | By Barack Obama | LOT ABOUT HOPE, SOMEONE \hLOT ABOUT HOPE, SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE WHO HAS SPENT HIS LIFE STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY. STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY. AND LET ME TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE AND LET ME TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES WITH HIM, HE WAKES UP WHO LIVES WITH HIM, HE WAKES UP EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY -- AND EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY -- AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THINKING ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY. PLEASE WELCOME AMERICA’S 44th PLEASE WELCOME AMERICA’S 44th PRESIDENT AND THE LOVE OF MY PRESIDENT AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, BARACK OBAMA. LIFE, BARACK OBAMA. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO, CHICAGO! >> HELLO, CHICAGO! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT’S ENOUGH. THAT’S ENOUGH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHICAGO! CHICAGO! IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME. IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME. IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME. IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME. AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M FEELING FIRED UP. I’M FEELING FIRED UP. I AM FEELING READY TO GO. I AM FEELING READY TO GO. EVEN IF -- EVEN IF I AM THE ONLY EVEN IF -- EVEN IF I AM THE ONLY PERSON STUPID ENOUGH TO SPEAK PERSON STUPID ENOUGH TO SPEAK AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA. AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA. I AM FEELING HOPEFUL BECAUSE I AM FEELING HOPEFUL BECAUSE THIS CONVENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS CONVENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY GOOD TO KIDS WITH FUNNY PRETTY GOOD TO KIDS WITH FUNNY NAMES WHO BELIEVE IN A COUNTRY NAMES WHO BELIEVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HER ELECT SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO GIVE ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE SAME CHANCES AMERICA PEOPLE THE SAME CHANCES AMERICA GAVE HER, SOMEONE WHO SEES YOU GAVE HER, SOMEONE WHO SEES YOU AND HEARS YOU AND WILL GET UP AND HEARS YOU AND WILL GET UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FIGHT FOR YOU, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE YOU, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. HARRIS. IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE I HAD IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE I HAD THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. AND I KNOW THAT’S HARD TO AND I KNOW THAT’S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AGED BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AGED A BIT, BUT IT’S TRUE. A BIT, BUT IT’S TRUE. AND LOOKING BACK, I CAN SAY AND LOOKING BACK, I CAN SAY WITHOUT QUESTION THAT MY FIRST WITHOUT QUESTION THAT MY FIRST BIG DECISION AS YOUR NOMINEE BIG DECISION AS YOUR NOMINEE TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY BEST. TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF MY BEST. AND THAT WAS ASKING JOE BIDEN TO AND THAT WAS ASKING JOE BIDEN TO SERVE BY MY SIDE AS VICE SERVE BY MY SIDE AS VICE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. NOW, OTHER THAN SOME COMMON NOW, OTHER THAN SOME COMMON IRISH BLOOD, JOE AND I COME FROM IRISH BLOOD, JOE AND I COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. BUT WE BECAME BROTHERS. BUT WE BECAME BROTHERS. AND AS WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR AND AS WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR EIGHT SOMETIMES PRETTY TOUGH EIGHT SOMETIMES PRETTY TOUGH YEARS, WHAT I CAME TO ADMIRE YEARS, WHAT I CAME TO ADMIRE MOST ABOUT JOE WASN’T JUST HIS MOST ABOUT JOE WASN’T JUST HIS SMARTS, HIS EXPERIENCE. SMARTS, HIS EXPERIENCE. IT WAS HIS EMPATHY AND HIS IT WAS HIS EMPATHY AND HIS DECENCY AND HIS HARD-EARNED DECENCY AND HIS HARD-EARNED RESILIENCE, HIS UNSHAKABLE RESILIENCE, HIS UNSHAKABLE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN THIS BELIEF THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY DESERVES A FAIR SHOT. COUNTRY DESERVES A FAIR SHOT. AND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THOSE ARE THE VALUES AMERICA HAS THOSE ARE THE VALUES AMERICA HAS NEEDED MOST. NEEDED MOST. AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF OUR AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WERE SICK AND FELLOW CITIZENS WERE SICK AND DYING, WE NEEDED A LEADER WITH DYING, WE NEEDED A LEADER WITH THE CHARACTER TO PUT POLITICS THE CHARACTER TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. ASIDE AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT. AT A TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS AT A TIME WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS REELING, WE NEEDED A LEAD WE ARE REELING, WE NEEDED A LEAD WE ARE THE THE TO LOWER -- HIGHER WAGES, LOWER TO LOWER -- HIGHER WAGES, LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS. HEALTH CARE COSTS. AT A TIME WHEN THE OTHER PARTY AT A TIME WHEN THE OTHER PARTY HAD TURN SBODED INTO A CULT OF HAD TURN SBODED INTO A CULT OF PERSONALITY, WE NEEDED A LEADER PERSONALITY, WE NEEDED A LEADER WHO WAS STEADY AND BROUGHT WHO WAS STEADY AND BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WAS SELFLESS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WAS SELFLESS ENOUGH TO DO THE RAREST THING ENOUGH TO DO THE RAREST THING THERE IS IN POLITICS, PUTTING THERE IS IN POLITICS, PUTTING HIS OWN AMBITION ASIDE FOR THE HIS OWN AMBITION ASIDE FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY. SAKE OF THE COUNTRY. HISTORY WILL REMEMBER JOE BIDEN HISTORY WILL REMEMBER JOE BIDEN AS AN OUTSTANDING PRESIDENT WHO AS AN OUTSTANDING PRESIDENT WHO DEFENDED DEMOCRACY AT A MOMENT DEFENDED DEMOCRACY AT A MOMENT OF GREAT DANGER, AND I AM PROUD OF GREAT DANGER, AND I AM PROUD TO CALL HIM MY PRESIDENT. TO CALL HIM MY PRESIDENT. BUT I AM EVEN PROUDER TO CALL BUT I AM EVEN PROUDER TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND. HIM MY FRIEND. >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] THANK >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] THANK YOU, JOE. YOU, JOE. >> NOW, THE TORCH HAS BEEN >> NOW, THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED. PASSED. NOW, IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO NOW, IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE FIGHT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE IN. IN. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT WILL BE AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT WILL BE A FIGHT. A FIGHT. FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE ENERGY FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE ENERGY WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ZWRENGENERATE WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO ZWRENGENERATE THE LAST FEW WEEKS, FOR THE ALL THE LAST FEW WEEKS, FOR THE ALL THE RALLIES AND THE MEMES, THIS THE RALLIES AND THE MEMES, THIS WILL STILL BE A TIGHT RACE IN A WILL STILL BE A TIGHT RACE IN A CLOSELY DIVIDED COUNTRY, A CLOSELY DIVIDED COUNTRY, A COUNTRY WHERE TOO MANY AMERICANS COUNTRY WHERE TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE STILL STRUGGLING, WHERE A ARE STILL STRUGGLING, WHERE A LOT OF AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE LOT OF AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE GOVERNMENT CAN HELP. GOVERNMENT CAN HELP. AND AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, AND AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DECIDE THIS THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION ARE ASKING A VERY ELECTION ARE ASKING A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. SIMPLE QUESTION. WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ME? WHO WILL FIGHT FOR ME? WHO’S THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE, WHO’S THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE, ABOUT MY CHILDREN’S FUTURE, ABOUT MY CHILDREN’S FUTURE, ABOUT OUR FUTURE TOGETHER? ABOUT OUR FUTURE TOGETHER? ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT LOSING SLEEP DONALD TRUMP IS NOT LOSING SLEEP OVER THAT QUESTION. OVER THAT QUESTION. HERE’S A 78-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE HERE’S A 78-YEAR-OLD BILLIONAIRE WHO HAS NOT STOPPED WHINING WHO HAS NOT STOPPED WHINING ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS SINCE HE RODE ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS SINCE HE RODE DOWN HIS GOLDEN ESCALATOR NINE DOWN HIS GOLDEN ESCALATOR NINE YEARS AGO. YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT STREAM OF IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT STREAM OF GRIPES AND GRIEVANCES THAT’S GRIPES AND GRIEVANCES THAT’S ACTUALLY BEEN GETTING WORSE NOW ACTUALLY BEEN GETTING WORSE NOW THAT HE’S AFRAID OF LOSING TO THAT HE’S AFRAID OF LOSING TO KAMALA. KAMALA. THERE IS THE CHILDESTISH NICKNAM THERE IS THE CHILDESTISH NICKNAM THE CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THE CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THIS WEIRD OBSESSION WITH CROWD THIS WEIRD OBSESSION WITH CROWD SIZES. SIZES. IT -- IT -- I -- IT JUST GOES ON IT -- IT -- I -- IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND ON AND ON. THE OTHER DAY I HEARD SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY I HEARD SOMEONE COMPARE TRUMP TO THE NEIGHBOR COMPARE TRUMP TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO KEEPS RUNNING HIS LEAF WHO KEEPS RUNNING HIS LEAF BLOWER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW EVERY BLOWER OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. NOW, FROM A NEIGHBOR, THAT’S NOW, FROM A NEIGHBOR, THAT’S EXHAUSTING. EXHAUSTING. FROM A PRESIDENT, IT’S JUST FROM A PRESIDENT, IT’S JUST DANGEROUS. DANGEROUS. THE TRUTH IS, DONALD TRUMP SEES THE TRUTH IS, DONALD TRUMP SEES POWER AS NOTHING MORE THAN A POWER AS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEANS TO HIS ENDS. MEANS TO HIS ENDS. HE WANTS THE MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY HE WANTS THE MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER HUGE TAX THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER HUGE TAX CUT THAT WOULD MOSTLY HELP HIM CUT THAT WOULD MOSTLY HELP HIM AND HIS RICH FRIENDS. AND HIS RICH FRIENDS. HE KILLED A BIPARTISAN HE KILLED A BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION DEAL WRITTEN IN PART IMMIGRATION DEAL WRITTEN IN PART BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED SECURE OUR WOULD HAVE HELPED SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE HE SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE HE THOUGHT TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THOUGHT TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM WOULD HURT HIS THE PROBLEM WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGN. HE DOESN’T -- DO NOT BOO. HE DOESN’T -- DO NOT BOO. VOTE. VOTE. HE DOESN’T SEEM TO CARE IF MORE HE DOESN’T SEEM TO CARE IF MORE WOMEN LOSE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE WOMEN LOSE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM SINCE IT WON’T AFFECT FREEDOM SINCE IT WON’T AFFECT HIS LIFE. HIS LIFE. AND MOST OF ALL, DONALD TRUMP AND MOST OF ALL, DONALD TRUMP WANTS US TO THINK THAT THIS WANTS US TO THINK THAT THIS COUNTRY IS HOPELESSLY DIVIDED COUNTRY IS HOPELESSLY DIVIDED BETWEEN US AND THEM, BETWEEN THE BETWEEN US AND THEM, BETWEEN THE REAL AMERICANS WHO, OF COURSE, REAL AMERICANS WHO, OF COURSE, SUPPORT HIM AND THE OUTSIDERS SUPPORT HIM AND THE OUTSIDERS WHO DON’T. WHO DON’T. AND HE WANTS YOU TO THINK THAT AND HE WANTS YOU TO THINK THAT YOU’LL BE RICHER AND SAFER IF YOU’LL BE RICHER AND SAFER IF YOU WILL JUST GIVE HIM THE POWER YOU WILL JUST GIVE HIM THE POWER TO PUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE BACK TO PUT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR PLACE. IN THEIR PLACE. IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TRICKS IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TRICKS IN POLITICS. IN POLITICS. FROM A GUY WHO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, FROM A GUY WHO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, LET’S FACE IT, GOTTEN PRETTY LET’S FACE IT, GOTTEN PRETTY STALE, WE DO NOT NEED FOUR MORE STALE, WE DO NOT NEED FOUR MORE YEARS OF BLUSTER AND BUMBLING YEARS OF BLUSTER AND BUMBLING AND CHAOS. AND CHAOS. WE HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE BEFORE, WE HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE BEFORE, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SQLEQUE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SQLEQUE IS USUALLY WORSE. IS USUALLY WORSE. AMERICA’S READY FOR A NEW AMERICA’S READY FOR A NEW CHAPTER. CHAPTER. AMERICA IS READY FOR A BETTER AMERICA IS READY FOR A BETTER STORY. STORY. WE ARE READY FOR A PRESIDENT WE ARE READY FOR A PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. KAMALA HARRIS. AND KAMALA HARRIS IS READY FOR AND KAMALA HARRIS IS READY FOR THE JOB. THE JOB. THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF HER LIFE FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WHO NEED A VOICE AND A PEOPLE WHO NEED A VOICE AND A CHAMPION. CHAMPION. AS YOU HEARD FROM MICHELLE, AS YOU HEARD FROM MICHELLE, KAMALA WAS NOT BORN INTO KAMALA WAS NOT BORN INTO PRIVILEGE. PRIVILEGE. SHE HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT SHE’S SHE HAD TO WORK FOR WHAT SHE’S GOT. GOT. AND SHE ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT AND SHE ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. THROUGH. SHE’S NOT THE NEIGHBOR RUNNING SHE’S NOT THE NEIGHBOR RUNNING THE LEAF BLOWER. THE LEAF BLOWER. SHE’S THE NEIGHBOR RUSHING OVER SHE’S THE NEIGHBOR RUSHING OVER TO HELP WHEN YOU NEED A HAND. TO HELP WHEN YOU NEED A HAND. AS A PROSECUTOR, KAMALA STOOD UP AS A PROSECUTOR, KAMALA STOOD UP FOR CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN FOR CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE COUNTRY, SHE FOUGHT BIG BANKS COUNTRY, SHE FOUGHT BIG BANKS AND FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES, AND FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES, SECURING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SECURING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE PEOPLE THEY HAD SCAMMED. THE PEOPLE THEY HAD SCAMMED. AFTER THE HOME MORTGAGE CRISIS, AFTER THE HOME MORTGAGE CRISIS, SHE PUSHED ME AND MY SHE PUSHED ME AND MY ADMINISTRATION HARD TO MAKE SURE ADMINISTRATION HARD TO MAKE SURE HOMEOWNERS GOT A FAIR HOMEOWNERS GOT A FAIR SETTLEMENT. SETTLEMENT. DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WAS A DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WAS A DEMOCRAT. DEMOCRAT. DIDN’T MATTER THAT SHE HAD DIDN’T MATTER THAT SHE HAD KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR MY KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR MY CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGN. SHE WAS GOING TO FIGHT TO GET AS SHE WAS GOING TO FIGHT TO GET AS MUCH RELIEF AS POSSIBLE FOR THE MUCH RELIEF AS POSSIBLE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO DESERVED IT. FAMILIES WHO DESERVED IT. AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE HELPED AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE HELPED TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES TO TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES TO CAP THE COST OF INSULIN, LOWER CAP THE COST OF INSULIN, LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, GET THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, GET FAMILIES WITH KIDS A TAX CUT. FAMILIES WITH KIDS A TAX CUT. AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WITH REAL PLANS TO LOWER COSTS WITH REAL PLANS TO LOWER COSTS EVEN MORE AND PROTECT MEDICARE EVEN MORE AND PROTECT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND SIGN A LAW TO AND MEDICAID AND SIGN A LAW TO GUARANTEE EVERY WOMAN’S RIGHT TO GUARANTEE EVERY WOMAN’S RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN HEALTH CARE MAKE HER OWN HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. DECISIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, KAMALA HARRIS IN OTHER WORDS, KAMALA HARRIS WON’T BE FOCUSED ON HER WON’T BE FOCUSED ON HER PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS. SHE’LL BE FOCUSED ON YOURS. SHE’LL BE FOCUSED ON YOURS. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WON’T JUST AS PRESIDENT, SHE WON’T JUST CATER TO HER OWN SUPPORTERS AND CATER TO HER OWN SUPPORTERS AND PUNISH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KISS PUNISH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KISS THE RING OR BEND THE KNEE. THE RING OR BEND THE KNEE. SHE’LL WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY SHE’LL WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN. AMERICAN. THAT’S WHO KAMALA IS. THAT’S WHO KAMALA IS. AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE WILL AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I LOVE THIS GUY. I LOVE THIS GUY. TIM IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO TIM IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO SHOULD BE IN POLITICS. SHOULD BE IN POLITICS. BORN IN A SMALL TOWN, SERVED HIS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN, SERVED HIS COUNTRY, TAUGHT KIDS, COACHED COUNTRY, TAUGHT KIDS, COACHED FOOTBALL, TOOK CARE OF HIS FOOTBALL, TOOK CARE OF HIS NEIGHBORS. NEIGHBORS. HE KNOWS WHO HE IS, AND HE KNOWS HE KNOWS WHO HE IS, AND HE KNOWS WHAT’S IMPORTANT. WHAT’S IMPORTANT. YOU CAN TELL THOSE FLANNEL YOU CAN TELL THOSE FLANNEL SHIRTS HE WEARS DON’T COME FROM SHIRTS HE WEARS DON’T COME FROM SOME POLITICAL CONSULTANT. SOME POLITICAL CONSULTANT. THEY COME FROM HIS CLOSET. THEY COME FROM HIS CLOSET. AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF. STUFF. THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF. STUFF. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. TOGETHER, KAMALA AND TIM HAVE TOGETHER, KAMALA AND TIM HAVE KEPT FAITH WITH AMERICA’S KEPT FAITH WITH AMERICA’S CENTRAL STORY, A STORY THAT SAYS CENTRAL STORY, A STORY THAT SAYS WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. ALL OF US ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN ALL OF US ENDOWED WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE THAT EVEN WHEN DESERVES A CHANCE THAT EVEN WHEN WE ADOPTDON’T AGREE WITH EACH OT WE ADOPTDON’T AGREE WITH EACH OT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER. EACH OTHER. THAT’S KAMALA’S VISION. THAT’S KAMALA’S VISION. THAT’S TIM’S VISION. THAT’S TIM’S VISION. THAT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S THAT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S VISION. VISION. AND OUR JOB OVER THE NEXT 11 AND OUR JOB OVER THE NEXT 11 WEEKS IS TO CONVINCE AS MANY WEEKS IS TO CONVINCE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO VOTE FOR THAT VISION. THAT VISION. NOW, IT WON’T BE EASY. NOW, IT WON’T BE EASY. THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS IT’S EASIER THE OTHER SIDE KNOWS IT’S EASIER TO PLAY ON PEOPLE’S FEARS AND TO PLAY ON PEOPLE’S FEARS AND CYNICISM, ALWAYS HAS BEEN. CYNICISM, ALWAYS HAS BEEN. THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT GOVERNMENT IS INHERENTLY GOVERNMENT IS INHERENTLY CORRUPT, THAT SACRIFICE AND CORRUPT, THAT SACRIFICE AND GENEROSITY ARE FOR SUCKERS. GENEROSITY ARE FOR SUCKERS. AND SINCE THE GAME IS RIGGED, AND SINCE THE GAME IS RIGGED, IT’S OKAY TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT IT’S OKAY TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND JUST LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN. AND JUST LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN. THAT’S THE EASY PATH. THAT’S THE EASY PATH. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TASK. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TASK. OUR JOB IS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE OUR JOB IS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT DEMOCRACY COULD ACTUALLY THAT DEMOCRACY COULD ACTUALLY DELIVER. DELIVER. AND IN DOING THAT, WE CAN’T JUST AND IN DOING THAT, WE CAN’T JUST POINT TO WHAT WE’VE ALREADY POINT TO WHAT WE’VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. ACCOMPLISHED. WE CAN’T JUST RELY ON THE IDEAS WE CAN’T JUST RELY ON THE IDEAS OF THE PAST. OF THE PAST. WE NEED TO CHART A NEW WAY WE NEED TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD, TO MEET THE CHALLENGES FORWARD, TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. OF TODAY. AND KAMALA UNDERSTANDS THIS. AND KAMALA UNDERSTANDS THIS. SHE KNOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF SHE KNOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE UNITS AND WE NEED TO BUILD MORE UNITS AND PUT AWAY SOME OF THE OUTDATED PUT AWAY SOME OF THE OUTDATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT MADE LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT MADE IT HARDER TO BUILD HOMES FOR IT HARDER TO BUILD HOMES FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS A PRIORITY, AND SHE’S THAT IS A PRIORITY, AND SHE’S PUT OUT A BOLD NEW PLAN TO DO PUT OUT A BOLD NEW PLAN TO DO JUST THAT. JUST THAT. ON HEALTH CARE, WE SHOULD ALL BE ON HEALTH CARE, WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THE ENORMOUS PROGRESS PROUD OF THE ENORMOUS PROGRESS THAT WE’VE MADE THROUGH THE THAT WE’VE MADE THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, PROVIDING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE COVERAGE, PROTECTING AFFORDABLE COVERAGE, PROTECTING MILLIONS MORE FROM UNSCRUPULOUS MILLIONS MORE FROM UNSCRUPULOUS INSURANCE PRACTICES. INSURANCE PRACTICES. I NOTICED, BY THE WAY, THAT I NOTICED, BY THE WAY, THAT SINCE IT’S BECOME POPULAR, THEY SINCE IT’S BECOME POPULAR, THEY DON’T CALL IT OBAMACARE NO MORE. DON’T CALL IT OBAMACARE NO MORE. BUT KAMALA KNOWS WE CAN’T STOP BUT KAMALA KNOWS WE CAN’T STOP THERE, WHICH IS WHY SHE’LL KEEP THERE, WHICH IS WHY SHE’LL KEEP WORKING TO LIMIT OUT OF POCKET WORKING TO LIMIT OUT OF POCKET COSTS. COSTS. KAMALA KNOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO KAMALA KNOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET AHEAD, WE NEED HELP PEOPLE GET AHEAD, WE NEED TO PUT A COLLEGE DEGREE WITHIN TO PUT A COLLEGE DEGREE WITHIN REACH OF MORE AMERICANS. REACH OF MORE AMERICANS. BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS COLLEGE BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS COLLEGE SHOULDN’T BE THE ONLY TICKET TO SHOULDN’T BE THE ONLY TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. THE MIDDLE CLASS. WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF GOVERNORS LIKE TIM WALZ WHO GOVERNORS LIKE TIM WALZ WHO SAID, IF YOU’VE GOT THE SKILLS SAID, IF YOU’VE GOT THE SKILLS AND THE DRIVE, YOU SHOULDN’T AND THE DRIVE, YOU SHOULDN’T NEED A DEGREE TO WORK FOR STATE NEED A DEGREE TO WORK FOR STATE GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT. AND IN THIS NEW ECONOMY, WE NEED AND IN THIS NEW ECONOMY, WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY CARES A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO WAKE UP ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO THE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DO THE ESSENTIAL OFTEN THANKLESS WORK, ESSENTIAL OFTEN THANKLESS WORK, TO CARE FOR OUR SICK, TO CLEAN TO CARE FOR OUR SICK, TO CLEAN OUR STREETS, TO DELIVER OUR OUR STREETS, TO DELIVER OUR PACKAGES. PACKAGES. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BARGAIN FOR BETTER WAGES AND BARGAIN FOR BETTER WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. WORKING CONDITIONS. AND KAMALA WILL BE THAT AND KAMALA WILL BE THAT PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. YES, SHE CAN. YES, SHE CAN. >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] YES, SHE >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] YES, SHE CAN. CAN. >> YES, SHE CAN. >> YES, SHE CAN. A HARRIS/WALZ ADMINISTRATION CAN A HARRIS/WALZ ADMINISTRATION CAN HELP US MOVE PAST SOME OF THE HELP US MOVE PAST SOME OF THE TIRED OLD DEBATES THAT KEEP TIRED OLD DEBATES THAT KEEP STIFLING PROGRESS BECAUSE AT STIFLING PROGRESS BECAUSE AT THEIR CORE, KAMALA AND TIM THEIR CORE, KAMALA AND TIM UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERYBODY GETS A FAIR SHOT, WE ARE ALL GETS A FAIR SHOT, WE ARE ALL BETTER OFF. BETTER OFF. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERY THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN EVERY CHILD GETS A GOOD EDUCATION, THE CHILD GETS A GOOD EDUCATION, THE WHOLE ECONOMY GETS STRONGER. WHOLE ECONOMY GETS STRONGER. WHEN WOMEN ARE PAID THE SAME AS WHEN WOMEN ARE PAID THE SAME AS MEN FOR DOING THE SAME JOB, ALL MEN FOR DOING THE SAME JOB, ALL FAMILIES BENEFIT. FAMILIES BENEFIT. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN SECURE OUR BORDERS WITHOUT SECURE OUR BORDERS WITHOUT TEARING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR TEARING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS, JUST LIKE WE CAN KEEP PARENTS, JUST LIKE WE CAN KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE WHILE ALSO OUR STREETS SAFE WHILE ALSO BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN LAW BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND ELIMINATING BIAS. THEY SERVE AND ELIMINATING BIAS. THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER FOR THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. DONALD TRUMP AND HIS WELL-HEELED DONALD TRUMP AND HIS WELL-HEELED DONORS, THEY DON’T SEE THE WORLD DONORS, THEY DON’T SEE THE WORLD THAT WAY. THAT WAY. FOR THEM, ONE GROUP’S GAINS IS FOR THEM, ONE GROUP’S GAINS IS NECESSARILY ANOTHER GROUP’S NECESSARILY ANOTHER GROUP’S LOSS. LOSS. FOR THEM, FREEDOM MEANS THAT THE FOR THEM, FREEDOM MEANS THAT THE POWERFUL CAN DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT POWERFUL CAN DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY PLEASE, WHETHER IT’S THEY PLEASE, WHETHER IT’S FIREWORKERS TRYING TO ORGANIZE A FIREWORKERS TRYING TO ORGANIZE A UNION OR PUT POISON IN OUR UNION OR PUT POISON IN OUR RIVERS OR AVOID PAYING TAXES RIVERS OR AVOID PAYING TAXES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO. WELL, WE HAVE A BROADER IDEA OF WELL, WE HAVE A BROADER IDEA OF FREEDOM. FREEDOM. WE BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM TO WE BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM TO PROVIDE FREEDOM OF FAMILY IF PROVIDE FREEDOM OF FAMILY IF YOU’RE WILLING TO WORK HARD, THE YOU’RE WILLING TO WORK HARD, THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND SEND YOUR DRINK CLEAN WATER AND SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WORRYING KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WORRYING IF THEY’LL COME HOME. IF THEY’LL COME HOME. WE BELIEVE THAT TRUE FREEDOM WE BELIEVE THAT TRUE FREEDOM GIVES EACH OF US THE RIGHT TO GIVES EACH OF US THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR OWN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR OWN LIFE, HOW WE WORSHIP, WHAT OUR LIFE, HOW WE WORSHIP, WHAT OUR FAMILY LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY KIDS FAMILY LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE, WHO WE MARRY. WE HAVE, WHO WE MARRY. AND WE BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM AND WE BELIEVE THAT FREEDOM REQUIRES US TO RECOGNIZE THAT REQUIRES US TO RECOGNIZE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE FREEDOM TO OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE FREEDOM TO MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS. THAN OURS. THAT’S OKAY. THAT’S OKAY. THAT’S THE AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS THAT’S THE AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ BELIEVE IN, AN AND TIM WALZ BELIEVE IN, AN AMERICA WHERE WE THE PEOPLE AMERICA WHERE WE THE PEOPLE INCLUDES EVERYONE. INCLUDES EVERYONE. BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THIS BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THIS AMERICAN EXPERIMENT WORKS. AMERICAN EXPERIMENT WORKS. AND DESPITE WHAT OUR POLITICS AND DESPITE WHAT OUR POLITICS MIGHT SUGGEST, I THINK MOST MIGHT SUGGEST, I THINK MOST AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT. AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT. DEMOCRACY ISN’T JUST A BUNCH OF DEMOCRACY ISN’T JUST A BUNCH OF ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES AND DUSTY ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES AND DUSTY LAWS IN SOME BOOK SOMEWHERE. LAWS IN SOME BOOK SOMEWHERE. IT’S THE VALUES WE LIVE BY. IT’S THE VALUES WE LIVE BY. IT’S THE WAY WE TREAT EACH IT’S THE WAY WE TREAT EACH OTHER, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DON’T OTHER, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DON’T LOOK LIKE US OR PRAY LIKE US OR LOOK LIKE US OR PRAY LIKE US OR SEE THE WORLD EXACTLY LIKE WE SEE THE WORLD EXACTLY LIKE WE DO. DO. THAT SENSE OF MUTUAL RESPECT HAS THAT SENSE OF MUTUAL RESPECT HAS TO BE PART OF OUR MESSAGE. TO BE PART OF OUR MESSAGE. OUR POLITICS HAVE BECOME SO OUR POLITICS HAVE BECOME SO POLARIZED THESE DAYS THAT ALL OF POLARIZED THESE DAYS THAT ALL OF US ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM US ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM SEEM SO QUICK TO ASSUME THE SEEM SO QUICK TO ASSUME THE WORST IN OTHERS UNLESS THEY WORST IN OTHERS UNLESS THEY AGREE WITH US ON EVERY SINGLE AGREE WITH US ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE. ISSUE. WE START THINKING THAT THE ONLY WE START THINKING THAT THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS TO SCOLD AND SHAME WAY TO WIN IS TO SCOLD AND SHAME AND OUT-YELL THE OTHER SIDE. AND OUT-YELL THE OTHER SIDE. AND AFTER A WHILE, REGULAR FOLKS AND AFTER A WHILE, REGULAR FOLKS JUST TUNE OUT OR THEY DON’T JUST TUNE OUT OR THEY DON’T BOTHER TO VOTE. BOTHER TO VOTE. NOW, THAT APPROACH MAY WORK FOR NOW, THAT APPROACH MAY WORK FOR THE POLITICIANS WHO JUST WANT THE POLITICIANS WHO JUST WANT ATTENTION AND THRIVE ON ATTENTION AND THRIVE ON DIVISION. DIVISION. BUT IT WON’T WORK FOR US. BUT IT WON’T WORK FOR US. TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE THINGS TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT WE CARE ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE’S LIVES. REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE’S LIVES. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE’VE WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE’VE ALL GOT OUR BLIND SPOTS AND ALL GOT OUR BLIND SPOTS AND CONTRADICTIONS AND PREJUDICES CONTRADICTIONS AND PREJUDICES AND THAT IF WE WANT TO WIN OVER AND THAT IF WE WANT TO WIN OVER THOSE WHO AREN’T YET READY TO THOSE WHO AREN’T YET READY TO SUPPORT OUR CANDIDATES, WE NEED SUPPORT OUR CANDIDATES, WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING IN THE MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS. PROCESS. AFTER ALL, IF A PARENT OR AFTER ALL, IF A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT OCCASIONALLY SAYS GRANDPARENT OCCASIONALLY SAYS SOMETHING THAT MAKES US CRINGE, SOMETHING THAT MAKES US CRINGE, WE DON’T AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME WE DON’T AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THEY’RE BAD PEOPLE. THEY’RE BAD PEOPLE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORLD IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORLD IS MOVING FAST, THAT THEY NEED TIME MOVING FAST, THAT THEY NEED TIME AND MAYBE A LITTLE ENCOURAGE AND MAYBE A LITTLE ENCOURAGE TONIGHT CATCH UP. TONIGHT CATCH UP. OUR FELLOW CITIZENS DESERVE THE OUR FELLOW CITIZENS DESERVE THE SAME GRACE WE HOPE THEY’LL SAME GRACE WE HOPE THEY’LL EXTEND TO US. EXTEND TO US. THAT’S HOW WE CAN BUILD A TRUE THAT’S HOW WE CAN BUILD A TRUE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, ONE THAT DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, ONE THAT CAN GET THINGS DONE. CAN GET THINGS DONE. AND BY THE WAY, THAT DOES NOT AND BY THE WAY, THAT DOES NOT JUST MATTER TO THE PEOPLE IN JUST MATTER TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WATCHING TO SEE IF WE CAN WATCHING TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL THIS OFF. ACTUALLY PULL THIS OFF. NO NATION, NO SOCIETY, HAS EVER NO NATION, NO SOCIETY, HAS EVER TRIED TO BUILD A DEMOCRACY HAS TRIED TO BUILD A DEMOCRACY HAS BIG AND AS DIVERSE AS OURS BIG AND AS DIVERSE AS OURS BEFORE, ONE THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE BEFORE, ONE THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT OVER DECADES HAVE COME FROM THAT OVER DECADES HAVE COME FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE, ONE EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE, ONE WHERE OUR ALLEGIANCES AND OUR WHERE OUR ALLEGIANCES AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE DEFINED NOT BY COMMUNITY ARE DEFINED NOT BY RACE OR BY BLOOD BUT BY A COMMON RACE OR BY BLOOD BUT BY A COMMON CREED. CREED. AND THAT’S WHY WHEN UPHOLD OUR AND THAT’S WHY WHEN UPHOLD OUR VALUES, THE WORLD SAY LITTLEIS A VALUES, THE WORLD SAY LITTLEIS A BRIGHTER. BRIGHTER. WHEN WE DON’T, THE WORLD IS A WHEN WE DON’T, THE WORLD IS A LITTLE DIMMER, AND DICTATORS AND LITTLE DIMMER, AND DICTATORS AND AUTOCRATS BECOME EMBOLDENED. AUTOCRATS BECOME EMBOLDENED. AND OVER TIME, WE BECOME LESS AND OVER TIME, WE BECOME LESS SAFE. SAFE. WE SHOULDN’T BE THE WORLD’S WE SHOULDN’T BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMEN, AND WE CAN’T POLICEMEN, AND WE CAN’T ERADICATE EVERY CRUELTY AND ERADICATE EVERY CRUELTY AND INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD. INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD. BUT AMERICA CAN BE AND MUST BE A BUT AMERICA CAN BE AND MUST BE A FORCE FOR GOOD, DISCOURAGING FORCE FOR GOOD, DISCOURAGING CONFLICT, FIGHTING DISEASE, CONFLICT, FIGHTING DISEASE, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM PROTECTING THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFENDING CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFENDING FREEDOM, BROKERING PEACE. FREEDOM, BROKERING PEACE. THAT’S WHAT KAMALA HARRIS THAT’S WHAT KAMALA HARRIS BELIEVES, AND SO DO MOST BELIEVES, AND SO DO MOST AMERICANS. [ CROWD CHANTING ] [ CROWD CHANTING ] I -- I KNOW THESE IDEAS CAN FEEL I -- I KNOW THESE IDEAS CAN FEEL PRETTY NAIVE RIGHT NOW. PRETTY NAIVE RIGHT NOW. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF SUCH WE LIVE IN A TIME OF SUCH CONFUSION AND RANKER. CONFUSION AND RANKER. WE’RE THE CULTURE THAT PUTS -- WE’RE THE CULTURE THAT PUTS -- ON THINGS THAT DON’T LAST, ON THINGS THAT DON’T LAST, MONEY, FAME, STATUS, LIKES. MONEY, FAME, STATUS, LIKES. WE CHASE THE APPROVAL OF WE CHASE THE APPROVAL OF STRANGERS ON OUR PHONES. STRANGERS ON OUR PHONES. WE BUILD ALL MANNER OF WALLS AND WE BUILD ALL MANNER OF WALLS AND FENCES AROUND OURSELVES AND THEN FENCES AROUND OURSELVES AND THEN WE WONDER WHY WE FEEL SO ALONE. WE WONDER WHY WE FEEL SO ALONE. WE DON’T TRUST EACH OTHER AS WE DON’T TRUST EACH OTHER AS MUCH BECAUSE WE DON’T TAKE THE MUCH BECAUSE WE DON’T TAKE THE TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER. TIME TO KNOW EACH OTHER. AND IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN US, AND IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN US, POLITICIANS AND ALGORITHMS TEACH POLITICIANS AND ALGORITHMS TEACH US TO CARICATURE EACH OTHER, US TO CARICATURE EACH OTHER, CONTROL EACH OTHER, AND FEAR CONTROL EACH OTHER, AND FEAR EACH OTHER. EACH OTHER. BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS, BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS, CHICAGO. CHICAGO. ALL ACROSS AMERICA IN BIG CITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA IN BIG CITIES AND SMALL TOWNS, AWAY FROM ALL AND SMALL TOWNS, AWAY FROM ALL THE NOISE, THE TIES THAT BIND US THE NOISE, THE TIES THAT BIND US TOGETHER ARE STILL THERE. TOGETHER ARE STILL THERE. WE STILL COACH LITTLE LEAGUE AND WE STILL COACH LITTLE LEAGUE AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR ELDERLY LOOK OUT FOR OUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS. NEIGHBORS. WE STILL FEED THE HUNGRY IN WE STILL FEED THE HUNGRY IN CHURCHES AND MOSQUES AND CHURCHES AND MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES. SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES. WE SHARE THE SAME PRIDE WHEN OUR WE SHARE THE SAME PRIDE WHEN OUR OLYMPIC ATHLETES COMPETE FOR THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES COMPETE FOR THE GOLD BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY GOLD BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF US DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A OF US DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT’S BITTER AND COUNTRY THAT’S BITTER AND DIVIDED. DIVIDED. WE WANT SOMETHING BETTER. WE WANT SOMETHING BETTER. WE WANT TO BE BETTER. WE WANT TO BE BETTER. AND THE JOY AND THE EXCITEMENT AND THE JOY AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE’RE SEEING AROUND THIS THAT WE’RE SEEING AROUND THIS CAMPAIGN TELLS US WE’RE NOT CAMPAIGN TELLS US WE’RE NOT ALONE. ALONE. YOU KNOW, I’VE SPENT A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS THESE TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS THESE PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE, AS PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE, AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, THIS SUMMER MICHELLE MENTIONED, THIS SUMMER WE LOST HER MOM, MS. MARIANNE WE LOST HER MOM, MS. MARIANNE ROBINSON. ROBINSON. AND I DON’T KNOW THAT ANYBODY AND I DON’T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS EVER LOVED THEIR HAS EVER LOVED THEIR MOTHER-IN-LAW ANY MORE THAN I MOTHER-IN-LAW ANY MORE THAN I LOVED MINE. LOVED MINE. MOSTLY IT’S BECAUSE SHE WAS MOSTLY IT’S BECAUSE SHE WAS FUNNY AND WISE AND THE LEAST FUNNY AND WISE AND THE LEAST PRETENTIOUS PERSON I KNEW. PRETENTIOUS PERSON I KNEW. THAT AND SHE ALWAYS DEFENDED ME THAT AND SHE ALWAYS DEFENDED ME WITH MICHELLE WHEN I MESSED UP. WITH MICHELLE WHEN I MESSED UP. I’D HIDE BEHIND HER. I’D HIDE BEHIND HER. BUT I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE BUT I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE REASONS MARY AND I BECAME SO REASONS MARY AND I BECAME SO CLOSE WAS SHE REMINDED ME OF MY CLOSE WAS SHE REMINDED ME OF MY GRANDMOTHER, THE WOMAN WHO GRANDMOTHER, THE WOMAN WHO HELPED RAISE ME AS A CHILD. HELPED RAISE ME AS A CHILD. AND ON THE SURFACE, THE TWO OF AND ON THE SURFACE, THE TWO OF THEM DID NOT HAVE A LOT IN THEM DID NOT HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. COMMON. ONE WAS A BLACK WOMAN FROM RIGHT ONE WAS A BLACK WOMAN FROM RIGHT HERE, SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, HERE, SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, RIGHT DOWN THE WAY. RIGHT DOWN THE WAY. WENT TO INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. WENT TO INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THE OTHER WAS A LITTLE OLD WHITE THE OTHER WAS A LITTLE OLD WHITE LADY BORN IN A TINY TOWN CALLED LADY BORN IN A TINY TOWN CALLED PEWU, KANSAS. PEWU, KANSAS. I KNOW THERE AREN’T THAT MANY I KNOW THERE AREN’T THAT MANY PEOPLE FROM PEWU. PEOPLE FROM PEWU. AND YET THEY SHARED A BASIC AND YET THEY SHARED A BASIC OUTLOOK ON LIFE. OUTLOOK ON LIFE. THEY WERE STRONG, SMART, THEY WERE STRONG, SMART, RESOURCEFUL WOMEN, FULL OF RESOURCEFUL WOMEN, FULL OF COMMON SENSE WHO, REGARDLESS OF COMMON SENSE WHO, REGARDLESS OF THE BARRIERS THEY ENCOUNTERED -- THE BARRIERS THEY ENCOUNTERED -- AND WOMEN GROWING UP IN THE ’40s AND WOMEN GROWING UP IN THE ’40s AND ’50s AND ’60s, THEY AND ’50s AND ’60s, THEY ENCOUNTERED BARRIERS. ENCOUNTERED BARRIERS. THEY STILL WENT ABOUT THEIR THEY STILL WENT ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT FUSS OR BUSINESS WITHOUT FUSS OR COMPLAINT AND PROVIDED AN COMPLAINT AND PROVIDED AN UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF LOVE UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION OF LOVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. GRANDCHILDREN. IN THAT SENSE, THEY BOTH IN THAT SENSE, THEY BOTH REPRESENTED AN ENTIRE GENERATION REPRESENTED AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO, THROUGH OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO, THROUGH WAR AND DEPRESSION, WAR AND DEPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITED DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITED OPPORTUNITY, HELPED BUILD THIS OPPORTUNITY, HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY. COUNTRY. A LOT OF THEM TOILED EVERY DAY A LOT OF THEM TOILED EVERY DAY AT JOBS THAT WERE OFTEN TOO AT JOBS THAT WERE OFTEN TOO SMALL FOR THEM AND DIDN’T PAY A SMALL FOR THEM AND DIDN’T PAY A LOT. LOT. THEY WILLINGLY WENT WITHOUT JUST THEY WILLINGLY WENT WITHOUT JUST TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THE TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THE FAMILIES’ HEADS, JUST TO GIVE FAMILIES’ HEADS, JUST TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING BETTER. THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING BETTER. BUT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS TRUE. BUT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS TRUE. THEY KNEW WHAT MATTERED, THINGS THEY KNEW WHAT MATTERED, THINGS LIKE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, LIKE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, KINDNESS AND HARD WORK. KINDNESS AND HARD WORK. THEY WEREN’T IMPRESSED WITH THEY WEREN’T IMPRESSED WITH BRAGGARTS OR BULLIES. BRAGGARTS OR BULLIES. THEY DIDN’T THINK PUTTING OTHER THEY DIDN’T THINK PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN LIFTED YOU UP OR PEOPLE DOWN LIFTED YOU UP OR MADE YOU STRONG. MADE YOU STRONG. THEY DIDN’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME THEY DIDN’T SPEND A LOT OF TIME OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN’T OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE. HAVE. INSTEAD, THEY APPRECIATED WHAT INSTEAD, THEY APPRECIATED WHAT THEY DID. THEY DID. THEY FOUND PLEASURE IN SIMPLE THEY FOUND PLEASURE IN SIMPLE THINGS, A CARD GAME WITH THINGS, A CARD GAME WITH FRIENDS, A GOOD MEAL, AND FRIENDS, A GOOD MEAL, AND LAUGHTER AROUND THE KITCHEN LAUGHTER AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE, HELPING OTHERS, AND MOST TABLE, HELPING OTHERS, AND MOST OF ALL SEEING THEIR CHILDREN DO OF ALL SEEING THEIR CHILDREN DO THINGS AND GO PLACES THAT THEY THINGS AND GO PLACES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED FOR WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED FOR THEMSELVES. THEMSELVES. WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN OR SOMEWHERE IN REPUBLICAN OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE ALL HAD PEOPLE BETWEEN, WE HAVE ALL HAD PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES, PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES, PEOPLE LIKE KAMALA’S PARENTS WHO LIKE KAMALA’S PARENTS WHO CROSSED OCEANS BECAUSE THEY CROSSED OCEANS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE PROMISE OF BELIEVED IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, PEOPLE LIKE TIM’S AMERICA, PEOPLE LIKE TIM’S PARENTS, WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT PARENTS, WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE, GOOD, THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE, GOOD, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T FAMOUS OR POWERFUL, BUT WHO FAMOUS OR POWERFUL, BUT WHO MANAGED IN COUNTLESS WAYS TO MANAGED IN COUNTLESS WAYS TO LEAD THIS COUNTRYLEAVE THIS COUN LEAD THIS COUNTRYLEAVE THIS COUN LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT. FOUND IT. AS MUCH AS ANY POLICY OR AS MUCH AS ANY POLICY OR PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT WE YEARN FOR A, A RETURN TO AN WE YEARN FOR A, A RETURN TO AN AMERICA WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AMERICA WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, A AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, A RESTORATION OF WHAT LINCOLN RESTORATION OF WHAT LINCOLN CALLED ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR CALLED ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR ARE BONDS OF AFFECTION, AN ARE BONDS OF AFFECTION, AN AMERICA THAT TAPS WHAT HE CALLED AMERICA THAT TAPS WHAT HE CALLED THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT. ABOUT. AND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY IF WE AND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY IF WE EACH DO OUR PART OVER THE NEXT EACH DO OUR PART OVER THE NEXT 77 DAYS, IF WE KNOCK ON DOORS, 77 DAYS, IF WE KNOCK ON DOORS, IF WE MAKE PHONE CALLS, IF WE IF WE MAKE PHONE CALLS, IF WE TALK TO OUR FRIENDS, IF WE TALK TO OUR FRIENDS, IF WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS, IF WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS, IF WE WORK LIKE WE’VE NEVER WORKED WORK LIKE WE’VE NEVER WORKED BEFORE, IF WE HOLD FIRM TO OUR BEFORE, IF WE HOLD FIRM TO OUR CONVICTIONS, WE WILL ELECT CONVICTIONS, WE WILL ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE NEXT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND TIM WALZ AS THE NEXT VICE AND TIM WALZ AS THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WE WILL ELECT LEADERS UP AND WE WILL ELECT LEADERS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT WHO WILL FIGHT DOWN THE BALLOT WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE HOPEFUL, FORWARD-LOOKING FOR THE HOPEFUL, FORWARD-LOOKING AMERICA WE ALL BELIEVE IN. AMERICA WE ALL BELIEVE IN. AND TOGETHER WE, TOO, WILL BUILD AND TOGETHER WE, TOO, WILL BUILD A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE SECURE A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE SECURE AND MORE JUST, MORE EQUAL, AND AND MORE JUST, MORE EQUAL, AND MORE FREE. MORE FREE. SO, LET’S GET TO WORK. SO, LET’S GET TO WORK. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE’LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN CARRY](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/a5/6b/57a56b9fa80bd4414273278049d30688.jpg)
February is a wonderful time of the year to teach students about our past and current presidents. After reading your favorite president books and showing your favorite president videos have your students respond to these Presidents' Day Writing Prompts. Allow students to color and create a patriotic bulletin board display, a class book for your library, or a student book to send home. Great for a writing center, morning work, early finishers, emergency sub plans, etc. Due to the size and amount of writing lines this product is best for younger students. Click here to buy the same prompts with smaller and more lines, better for older students. Click here to buy the year-long bundle and save 25%. There are 235 prompts included! 34 Prompts Included: - If I were President I would... (4 versions: one for a photo, one for a drawing, one with girl clip art, and one with boy clip art) - George Washington had many important jobs in his life. - Cherry Tree Legend prompt - Declaration of Independence prompt - Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War prompt - US Constitution prompt - America’s first First Lady was Martha Washington. She was known as George’s “Worthy Partner” because... - George Washington was an important president because... - If I could meet George Washington, I'd ask him... - Abraham Lincoln's youth prompt - Mary Todd Lincoln supported President Lincoln by... - President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 and died the next day. - If I could meet Abraham Lincoln, I'd ask him... - Abraham Lincoln was an important president because... - I think celebrating Presidents' Day is important because... - What would life be like if you lived at the White House? - A Poem About America - As President, Joe Biden’s role is to... - The most important issue that I hope President Biden addresses is... - If I could meet President Biden I'd ask him... - I think the President and the Vice President will... - As Vice President, Kamala Harris’s role is important because... - I would like to meet Kamala Harris because... - As First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden's role is important because... - If I could meet former President Trump, I'd ask him... - I would like to meet former President Obama and his family because... - I would like to thank former President Obama for... - During his time as President, Barack Obama... - During her time as First Lady, Michelle Obama... - If I was a Secret Service Agent I would protect the President because... - If I could fly on Air Force One I would... - It's important to vote because... - I would vote for ________ because... (2 versions: one with a girl voting and one with a boy voting)
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