.
I'M A COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR OF RUN FOR SOMETHING.
IN MAY 2017, I WAS INVITED TO 
JOIN A SMALL MEETING TO GIVE 
UPDATES TO THE VP.
THE VP CAME OVER AND I TRIED TO 
PLAY IT COOL.
WELL, MY GRAMMY WOULD BE FURIOUS
IF SHE KNEW I WAS AT A MEETING 
WITH YOU AND DIDN'T GET A PHOTO.
GRAMMY, THE VP SAID, PERKING UP 
AS WE POSED FOR THE PHOTO YOU 
CAN SEE HERE.
LET'S CALL HER!
I CALLED HER.
SOMEONE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.
HI, GRAMMY, THIS IS JOE BIDEN.
SHE WAS OVERWHELMED.
GAMMY WENT ON TO HELL HIM HER 
SECOND ELDEST, MY AUNT MICHELLE,
WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, COLON 
CANCER, ADVANCED.
SHE WAS REALLY SICK.
VP'S POSTURE CHANGED 
IMMEDIATELY.
I'M SO SORRY, GRAMMY.
I'M SO, SO SORRY.
YOU KNOW MY SON BEAU DIED OF 
CANCER.
AS A PARENT YOU SHOULD NEVER 
HAVE TO THINK OF ONE DAY BURYING
A CHILD, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
HE STEPPED AWAY, SPEAKING 
PERSONALLY WITH HER ABOUT 
SITTING IN A HOSPITAL ROOM WITH 
A SICK CHILD, ABOUT PAIN.
I COULD HEAR HER CHOKING UP ON 
THE PHONE.
I'M GIVING AMANDA MY PERSONAL 
HOME PHONE NUMBER.
YOU NEED ANYTHING, YOU CALL ME.
I'LL COME TO THE HOSPITAL AND 
SIT WITH YOU, ANYTHING.
GRAMMY STILL TALKS ABOUT THAT 
CALL.
HE'S A GENUINELY NICE MAN, SHE 
SAYS.
HE JUST GETS IT.
HER GRIEF AND MY FAMILY'S GRIEF 
MATTERED TO HIM.
OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY IS GRIEVING.
WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH TRAUMA.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE 
THE ONE HELPING US HEAL.
THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD AND EXCITED 
TO VOTE THIS FALL.
NOT JUST AGAINST TRUMP, BUT 
GENUINELY FOR JIB.
JOE BIDEN.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH 
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, I WANT TO 
THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS
UNPRECEDENTED CONVENTION 
POSSIBLE.
FROM OUR DELEGATES AND SPEAKERS 
TO OUR PARTY STAFF AND OUR 
PRODUCTION TEAM.
NEXT WEEK, IT WILL BE THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY'S TURN TO HOLD 
THEIR CONVENTION.
ON BEHALF OF THEIR SPEAKERS AND 
STAFF, I HOPE THEIR ORGANIZERS 
WILL TAKE SAFETY AS SERIOUSLY AS
WE HAVE.
AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO YOU, 
AMERICA.
YOU'LL HAVE HEARD FROM TWO VERY 
DIFFERENT CANDIDATES FOR 
PRESIDENT.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DIG INTO THE 
DETAILS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE 
PLANS FOR SOLVING THE CHALLENGES
WE FACE AND DECIDE WHICH PLAN 
YOU THINK WILL WORK FOR YOU AND 
YOUR FAMILY.
BUT THE CHOICE THIS YEAR IS 
DEEPER THAN THAT.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP OR JOE BIDEN, NO 
MATTER WHICH MATTER YOU BELONG 
TO, OR WHETHER YOU BELONG TO ANY
PARTY AT ALL, YOUR JOB IN THIS 
ELECTION IS TO DECIDE WHAT KIND 
OF MOVEMENT IS CAPABLE OF BEING 
THE VEHICLE FOR THE CHANGE WE 
NEED.
THE KIND OF MOVEMENT THAT 
DEMANDS ABSOLUTE LOYALTY TO ONE 
MAN AND HIS PERSONAL AGENDA 
REALLY EVER MAKE THIS COUNTRY 
GREATER?
OR DO WE DO BETTER WHEN WE JOIN 
TOGETHER IN A MOVEMENT OF SHARED
VALUES, ONE THAT AMPLIFIES OUR 
DIVERSE VOICES?
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE NOTICE TO 
SHOW AMERICA WHAT OUR PATH 
FORWARD LOOKS LIKE.
NOT ONE MAN BOASTING THAT HE 
ALONE CAN FIX IT, BUT EVERYDAY 
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO FACE 
OUR CHALLENGES WITH UNITY AND 
DETERMINATION.
NOW WE TURN TO ONE EXAMPLE, 
CALIFORNIA'S FIGHT AGAINST THE 
DANGEROUS WILDFIRES RAGING 
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
PLEASE WELCOME GOVERNOR GAVIN 
NEWSOM.
>> I CONFESS THIS IS NOT WHERE I
EXPECTED TO BE SPEAKING HERE 
TONIGHT.
I'M ABOUT A MILE OR SO AWAY FROM
ONE OF OVER 370 WILDFIRES THAT 
WE'RE BATTLING HERE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE JUST COMING OFF A RECORD 
WEEK, A HEAT WAVE THAT LED TO 
130-DEGREE TEMPERATURES, THE 
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER 
RECORDED IN CALIFORNIA, ARGUABLY
THE WORLD'S HISTORY, HERE IN OUR
STATE.
THE HOTS ARE GETTING HOTTER, THE
DRIES ARE GETTING DRIER.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.
IF YOU ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT 
CLIMATE CHANGE, COME TO 
CALIFORNIA.
11,000 DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES WE 
HAD OVER A 72-HOUR PERIOD, 
LEADING TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED 
CHALLENGE WITH THESE WILDFIRES.
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT 
IN OUR HISTORY.
MOTHER NATURE HAS NOW JOINED 
THIS CONVERSATION AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND SO WE, TOO, NEED TO ADVANCE 
THAT CONVERSATION ANEW.
JUST TODAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES THREATENED THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS THAT HAPPEN TO LIVE 
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
TO DEFUND OUR EFFORTS ON 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.
BECAUSE HE SAID WE HADN'T RAKED 
ENOUGH LEAVES.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT UP.
NOR CAN YOU MAKE UP THE FACT 
THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN OVER 90 
LAWSUITS WITH THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION ON CLEAN AIR, ON 
CLEAN WATER, ON ENDANGERED 
SPECIES, ON PESTICIDES.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN 
THIS ELECTION, NONE MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN THE WORK JOE 
BIDEN DID WITH BARACK OBAMA ON 
THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS STANDARDS,
THE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, 
THAT WILL SAVE BILLIONS AND 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TAXPAYERS
AND REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS 
EMISSIONS.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN 
THIS ELECTION.
I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF ON MY WAY
TO ONE OF OUR RELIEF CENTERS, 
ONE OF OUR EVACUATION CENTERS, 
JUST TO JUMP OUT OF THE CAR AND 
JUST EXPRESS MY DEEP REVERENCE, 
MY ADMIRATION, TO JOE BIDEN, TO 
KAMALA HARRIS, CALIFORNIA'S OWN,
TO THEIR FAITH, THEIR DEVOTION, 
THEIR CONSTANCY, TO THEIR 
COMMITMENT.
NOT JUST TO THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT
TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
TO OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS' KIDS, OUR
GRANDKIDS, TO OUR LEGACY.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN 
THIS ELECTION.
AND I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BY 
REMINDING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 
YOU, THE FUTURE IS NOT JUST 
SOMETHING TO EXPERIENCE, IT'S 
SOMETHING TO MANIFEST.
IT'S INSIDE OF US, NOT JUST IN 
FRONT OF US.
IT'S OUR DECISION, NOT OUR 
CONDITIONS, THAT WILL DETERMINE 
OUR FATE AND FUTURE.
SO LET US RESOLVE THAT AFTER 
THIS HISTORIC NIGHT, THIS 
INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE WEEK, 
THIS REMARKABLE CONVENTION, THAT
WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO
GET JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IN JANUARY 
2021.
♪♪
♪♪
>>> AMERICA'S IDEA, AN IDEA 
STRONGER THAN ANY ARMY, BIGGER 
THAN ANY OCEAN, MORE POWERFUL 
THAN ANY DICTATOR OR TYRANT.
IT GIVES HOPE.
IN THIS NATION, WE BELIEVE IN 
HONESTY, DECENCY, TREATING 
EVERYONE WITH RESPECT, GIVING 
EVERYONE A FAIR SHOT.
LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND.
GIVING HATE NO SAFE HARBOR.
LEADING BY THE POWER OF OUR 
EXAMPLE, NOT BY THE EXAMPLE OF 
OUR POWER.
THAT'S ALLOWED US TO STAND AS A 
BEACON TO THE WORLD.
BEING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER 
THAN OURSELVES.
IT'S A CODE.
IT'S A UNIQUELY AMERICAN CODE.
THE MOST POWERFUL IDEA IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THE AMERICAN CREED, THAT WE'RE 
ALL CREATED EQUAL.
I THINK BEATS IN THE HEART OF 
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
>>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
THE VIRUS IS IN CHECK AND THE 
AMERICAN SPIRIT IS UNLEASHED, 
AND THAT WE'RE NOT FEARING, BUT 
HOPING AGAIN. 
>> UNITY IN OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS WHAT I HOPE TO SEE NEXT 
YEAR. 
>> I HOPE WE'VE CHOSEN COMMUNITY
OVER CHAOS, WE'VE CHOSEN UNITY 
OVER DIVISION, AND WE'VE CHOSEN 
LOVE OVER HATE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT AMERICA WILL 
HAVE FACED ITS DARKEST MOMENT, 
AND WILL HAVE COME OUT BETTER. 
>> AMERICA WILL BE COMING 
TOGETHER, NOT SPLINTERING APART.
>> NO MORE.
NO MORE PAIN. 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
THAT WE WILL HAVE A GOVERNMENT 
THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO US, THAT 
GUARANTEES HEALTH CARE AS A 
HUMAN RIGHT. 
>> THE PROMISE OF AMERICA WILL 
BE RESTORED FOR ALL OUR 
COMMUNITIES, ALL OUR FAMILIES, 
FOR ALL OF US.
AND WHEN I SAY ALL OF US?
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS TIME
NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO PROVIDES THIS 
COUNTRY WITH REAL LEADERSHIP, 
NOT JUST TWEETS.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
WE ARE LISTENING LESS TO THE 
RUSSIANS AND MORE TO DR. FAUCI.
>> I HOPE WE ALL GET BACK TO 
WORK.
>> THERE WILL BE TRUE AMERICANS 
WHO I WILL BE HAPPY TO SAY ARE 
UNEMPLOYED, MITCH McCONNELL AND 
DONALD TRUMP.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
THAT ALL AMERICANS, WHETHER THEY
ARE DEMOCRATS OR INDEPENDENTS OR
REPUBLICANS, WILL BE PROUD OF 
THEIR PRESIDENT, WILL BE PROUD 
OF THEIR VICE PRESIDENT. 
>> AND THAT OUR RECOVERY IS 
TRULY PEOPLE UP, FAMILIES UP, 
AND COMMUNITIES UP. 
>> THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY HAVE
A GOVERNMENT THAT IS WORKING FOR
THEM, THAT'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY
DOING ITS BEST FOR THEM. 
>> I WANT TO SEE A PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES WHO CAN LOOK A
TRANS WOMAN IN THE EYE AND TELL 
HER HER RIGHTS ARE WORTH 
PROTECTING. 
>> I HOPE AMERICA HAS A 
PRESIDENT WHO CHAMPIONS THE 
RIGHTS OF ALL YOUNG WOMEN AND 
GIRLS. 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I WANT A
PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT 
MILITARY FAMILIES NEED. 
>> WHO CARES ABOUT THE RIGHTS 
AND LIVES OF PEOPLE. 
>> WHO CARES ABOUT OUR 
ENVIRONMENT AGAIN. 
>> WHO WILL HAVE PASSED 
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION 
REFORM. 
>> I HOPE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO HONORS TREATY RIGHTS AND 
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. 
>> A YEAR FROM NOW, I WANT TO 
SEE THE KIDS PLAYING ON THE 
PLAYGROUND. 
>> I TAKE PRIDE IN MY JOB OF 
HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS.
BUT NEXT YEAR I WANT TO DO IT 
WITHOUT WEARING A MASK OR 
GLOVES.
>> I HOPE THAT WE ARE ALL 
CELEBRATING LANDMARK LEGISLATION
THAT THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
ADMINISTRATION HAVE SHEPHERDED 
THROUGH CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO
LAW. 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, PARENTS 
WILL AGAIN BE ABLE TO LOOK 
FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE CAN 
SEND OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL 
WITHOUT FEAR OF GUN VIOLENCE. 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR --
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR --
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR --
>> I HOPE THIS COUNTRY REALIZES 
THAT WE HAVE, IN FACT, RECLAIMED
THE SOUL OF AMERICA. 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE 
AND PRAY THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE 
RESTORED DEMOCRACY TO THE WORLD.
>> WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO COME
TOGETHER, ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD --
>> ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I WANT 
TO SEE JOE BIDEN IN THE OVAL 
OFFICE.
>>> HELLO, AMERICA.
I'M ANDREW YANG.
YOU MIGHT KNOW ME AS THE GUY WHO
RAN FOR PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT 
MATH IN THE FUTURE.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US, 
THAT FUTURE IS NOW.
THE PANDEMIC HAS ACCELERATED 
EVERYTHING.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND MY WIFE 
EVELYN, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR 
CHILD'S SCHOOL IS GOING TO 
REOPEN THIS FALL.
72% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT 
THIS IS THE WORST TIME WE HAVE 
EVER EXPERIENCED.
AND 42% OF THE JOBS THAT HAVE 
BEEN LOST, MILLIONS OF JOBS, 
WILL NEVER RETURN.
WE ARE IN A DEEP, DARK HOLE, AND
WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL HELP US
DIG OUT.
I KNOW MANY POLITICIANS PROMISE 
AND THEN FAIL TO DELIVER.
IF YOU VOTED FOR TRUMP OR DIDN'T
VOTE AT ALL BACK IN 2016, I GET 
IT.
MANY OF US HAVE GOTTEN TIRED OF 
OUR LEADERS SEEMING FAR REMOVED 
FROM OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
WE DESPAIR THAT OUR GOVERNMENT 
WILL EVER RISE TO THE CHALLENGES
OF OUR TIME.
BUT WE MUST GIVE THIS COUNTRY, 
OUR COUNTRY, A CHANCE TO 
RECOVER.
AND RECOVERY IS ONLY POSSIBLE 
WITH A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AND 
NEW IDEAS.
BOLD AND INNOVATIVE POLICIES 
THAT WILL GET HELP INTO YOUR 
HANDS IN THE MIDST OF THIS 
CRISIS ARE NOW POSSIBLE, BUT WE 
NEED YOUR HELP TO TURN THE PAGE 
FOR OUR COUNTRY IN 75 DAYS.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE
JOE BIDEN'S NOMINATION AS THE 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 
PRESIDENT.
I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW BOTH JOE 
AND KAMALA ON THE TRAIL OVER THE
PAST YEAR.
THE WAY YOU REALLY GET TO KNOW A
PERSON WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE OFF,
THE CROWDS ARE GONE, IT'S JUST 
NOW AND THEM.
THEY'RE REAL PEOPLE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS WE 
FACE.
THEY'RE PARENTS AND PATRIOTS WHO
WANT THE BEST FOR US AND OUR 
COUNTRY.
IF WE GIVE THEM THE CHANCE, THEY
WILL FIGHT FOR US AND OUR 
FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
OUR FUTURE IS NOW, AND IT IS 
DAUNTING.
BUT I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO JOIN ME
TO HELP JOE AND KAMALA TO FIGHT 
FOR THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, TURN
THE PAGE FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND 
LEAD US FORWARD TO A FUTURE 
WE'LL ACTUALLY BE PROUD TO LEAVE
TO OUR CHILDREN.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER
TO A GREAT DEMOCRAT WHO WILL BE 
WITH US THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE HAVE 
11 EMMYS.
HOW'S THAT FOR MATH?
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES, 
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS. 
>> HI, ANDREW, IT'S SO GOOD TO 
SEE YOU.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF KAMALA 
HARRIS' SPEECH LAST NIGHT?
>> IT WAS TREMENDOUS, I'M SO 
HAPPY FOR HER. 
>> ME TOO, SHE'S FABULOUS.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HER DEBATE 
OUR CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT, MIKA
PAINZ. 
>> IT'S PENCE, I BELIEVE. 
>> WEIRD FOREIGN NAME?
>> NOT VERY AMERICAN SOUNDING. 
>> THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING, STRONGLY.
WOW.
THANK YOU, ANDREW.
AND PLEASE GIVE MY REGARDS TO 
THE GANG.
>> I WILL.
THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE NEXT ROOM.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, JULIA. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD EVENING, AMERICA, AND 
WELCOME TO THE FOURTH NIGHT OF 
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION UNITING AMERICA.
THESE LAST FEW NIGHTS HAVE BEEN 
GOING SO WELL, WE'VE DECIDED TO 
ADD A FIFTH NIGHT WHERE WE WILL 
JUST PLAY MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
SPEECH ON A LOOP.
I FIRST MET JOE BIDEN WHEN I WAS
DOING MY SHOW "VEEP."
I PLAYED THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND
HE WAS, IN FACT, THE VICE 
PRESIDENT.
AND WE HIT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY.
SOON AFTER, I WAS ASKED TO BE ON
THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE.
REMEMBER THOSE?
AND I WAS SO EXCITED.
IT WAS LIKE, OH, WHAT'S IT GOING
TO BE?
"PEOPLE" OR "VOGUE" OR "ROLLING 
STONE"?
WELL, TURNS OUT IT WAS FOR 
"THRIVE," THE OFFICIAL ONBOARD 
MAGAZINE OF AMTRAK, WHICH NOBODY
READS EVEN THOUGH IT'S FREE.
THE DAY IT CAME OUT, MY PHONE 
RANG, AND IT WAS THE VICE 
PRESIDENT TELLING ME HE LOVED 
THE COVER AND THE WHOLE ARTICLE 
AND THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST 
ISSUES OF "ARRIVE" HE HAD EVER 
READ.
AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
REASONS THAT I WANTED TO BE HERE
TONIGHT FOR JOE.
AND TO REMIND YOU THAT JOE BIDEN
NOT ONLY KNOWS HOW TO READ, BUT 
ALSO, HE READS EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I AM NO POLICY EXPERT,
AND I CERTAINLY DON'T PRETEND TO
BE ONE.
BUT I HAVE A GUT FEELING ABOUT 
FAIRNESS AND WHAT'S RIGHT, AND 
THAT IS WHY I AM SO EXCITED THAT
JUST IN A LITTLE WHILE WE'RE 
GOING TO HEAR FROM JOE BIDEN 
ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR AMERICA.
PLANS FOR A STRONG ECONOMY THAT 
HELPS WORKING PEOPLE AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES, NOT JUST 
BILLIONAIRES, AND PLANS TO RAISE
THE WAGES FOR THE NURSES AND 
TEACHERS AND GROCERY WORKERS 
THAT ARE GETTING US THROUGH THIS
CRISIS, GOD LOVE THEM.
SO HOW CAN YOU HELP JOE?
IT'S SUPER SIMPLE.
VOTE.
RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN TEXT "VOTE" 
TO 30330 TO LEARN ABOUT ALL OF 
YOUR VOTING OPTIONS AND MAKE THE
BEST PLAN FOR HOW TO VOTE IN 
YOUR COMMUNITY, WHEREVER YOU 
ARE.
AN EASY WAY TO REMEMBER 30330 
IS, THAT'S THE YEAR DONALD TRUMP
WILL FINALLY RELEASE HIS TAX 
RETURNS.
IF WE ALL VOTE, THERE IS NOTHING
FACEBOOK, FOX NEWS, AND VLADAMIR
PUTIN CAN DO TO STOP US.
FIRST, LET'S REAFFIRM THE 
ALL-AMERICAN VALUES THAT OUR 
PARTY AND JOE BIDEN STAND FOR.
>> SMILE, OKAY?
ALL RIGHT, READY?
AND ACTION!
>> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION 
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> AWFUL!
>> AWFUL.
♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE 
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪
♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT 
THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪
♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES
AND BRIGHT STARS
THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪
♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS
WE WATCHED
WERE SO GALLANTLY
STREAMING? ♪
♪ AND THE ROCKETS'
RED GLARE
THE BOMBS BURSTING
IN AIR ♪
♪ GAVE PROOF
THROUGH THE NIGHT
THAT OUR FLAG
WAS STILL THERE ♪
♪ OH, SAY, DOES THAT
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
YET WAVE ♪
♪ O'ER THE LAND
OF THE FREE ♪
♪ AND THE HOME
OF THE BRAVE? ♪♪
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL, 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NETWORK 
AND LEADER OF NUNS ON THE BUS.
TONIGHT MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEXT 
CHAPTER IN OUR STORY OF WHO WE 
WILL BECOME AS A NATION.
SO I SPEAK TO YOU WITH A SENSE 
OF URGENCY AND HOPE, KNOWING THE
DIFFICULT WORK AHEAD, BUT 
GROUNDED IN MY FAITH.
THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE 
SCRIPTURE THAT INFORMS THE THREE
ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS TELLS US, 
THE DIVINE SPIRIT BREATHED OVER 
THE WATERS OF CHAOS AND BROUGHT 
FORTH A NEW CREATION.
ENCOURAGED BY THIS PROMISE THAT 
A NEW CREATION CAN COME FROM 
CHAOS, LET US PRAY.
O DIVINE SPIRIT, DURING THE 
WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD, STIR OUR
HEARTS AND MINDS THAT WE MIGHT 
FIGHT FOR A VISION THAT IS 
WORTHY OF YOU AND YOUR CALL TO 
HONOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL OF YOUR
CREATION.
A VISION OF WHO WE ARE AS A 
PEOPLE, GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY 
AND CARE FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY THE
MOST MARGINALIZED.
A VISION THAT CARES FOR OUR 
EARTH AND HEALS THE PLANET.
A VISION THAT ENDS STRUCTURAL 
RACISM, BIGOTRY, AND SEXISM, SO 
RIFE NOW IN OUR NATION AND IN 
OUR HISTORY.
A VISION THAT ENSURES HUNGRY 
PEOPLE ARE FED, CHILDREN ARE 
NOURISHED, IMMIGRANTS ARE 
WELCOMED.
O SPIRIT, BREATHE IN US AND OUR 
LEADERS A NEW RESOLVE THAT, 
COMMITTED TO THIS NEW AMERICAN 
PROMISE, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER 
TO BUILD A NATIONAL COMMUNITY 
GROUNDED IN HEALING, FEARLESSLY 
BASED ON TRUTH, AND LIVING OUT 
OF A SENSE OF SHARED 
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY,
O SPIRIT, BRING OUT OF THIS TIME
OF GLOBAL AND NATIONAL CHAOS A 
NEW CREATION, A NEW COMMUNITY 
THAT CAN, WITH YOUR HELP, 
REALIZE THIS NEW PROMISE THAT WE
AFFIRM TONIGHT.
AND SO WITH PROFOUND HOPE, LET 
WE, THE PEOPLE, SAY AMEN.
>>> THANK YOU, SISTER SIMONE.
PEOPLE OF FAITH HAVE LONG LED 
CHANGE, FROM ABOLITION AND 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE TO THE LABOR 
MOVEMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR 
CIVIL RIGHTS.
JOE BIDEN WILL CONTINUE THAT 
PROGRESSIVE MARCH TOWARDS 
JUSTICE.
INSPIRED BY RESPECT FOR THE 
DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE.
PEOPLE JOE BELIEVES WERE MADE IN
THE IMAGE OF GOD.
JOE LEARNED THAT FROM HIS 
PARENTS AND THE NUNS AND PRIESTS
RIGHT HERE IN DELAWARE WHO 
TAUGHT HIM, INSPIRED IN HIM A 
PASSION FOR JUSTICE.
I'M SENATOR CHRIS COONS OF 
DELAWARE, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT MY FRIEND, JOE BIDEN.
HIS FAITH IS STRONG, AND IT'S 
PERSONAL AND PRIVATE.
FOR JOE, FAITH ISN'T A PROP OR 
POLITICAL TOOL.
I'VE KNOWN JOE ABOUT 30 YEARS, 
AND I'VE SEEN HIS FAITH IN 
ACTION.
JOE KNOWS THE POWER OF PRAYER, 
AND I'VE SEEN HIM IN MOMENTS OF 
JOY AND TRIUMPH, OF LOSS AND 
DESPAIR, TURN TO GOD FOR 
STRENGTH.
JOE'S COMFORTED ME IN MY 
TOUGHEST MOMENTS, AS HE HAS SO 
MANY OTHERS.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW JOE TOOK 
THE TIME TO OFFER MY WORDS OF 
COMFORT AS MY FATHER LAY IN 
HOSPICE.
TIME AND AGAIN I'VE SEEN HIM 
STOP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN, 
REALLY LISTEN, TO SOMEONE WHO 
NEEDS A SHOULDER TO CRY ON OR A 
PARTNER IN PRAYER.
THAT COMPASSION, THAT EMPATHY, 
IS PART OF HIS CHARACTER.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, JOE'S A MAN 
OF FAITH AND CONSCIENCE.
HE'LL BE A PRESIDENT FOR 
AMERICANS OF ALL FAITHS, AS WELL
AS PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE WHO 
PRACTICE NO PARTICULAR FAITH.
JOE'S FAITH IS REALLY ABOUT OUR 
FUTURE, ABOUT A WORLD WITH LESS 
SUFFERING AND MORE JUSTICE, 
WHERE WE'RE BETTER STEWARDS OF 
CREATION, WHERE WE HAVE A MORE 
JUST IMMIGRATION POLICY, WHERE 
WE CALL OUT AND CONFRONT THE 
ORIGINAL SINS OF THIS NATION, 
THE SINS OF SLAVERY AND RACISM.
JOE KNOWS THESE ARE CENTRAL 
ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION, AND FOR
HIM, THEY'RE ROOTED IN FAITH.
JOE KNOWS THAT IT'S FAITH THAT 
SUSTAINS SO MANY ORDINARY 
AMERICANS WHO DO EXTRAORDINARY 
THINGS.
NURSES WHO BRAVE INFECTION.
FIREFIGHTERS WHO RUN INTO 
BURNING BUILDINGS.
TEACHERS WORKING OVERTIME, 
ESPECIALLY NOW.
THEY ALL DESERVE A SERVANT 
LEADER WHO KNOWS THE DIGNITY OF 
WORK, WHO SEES THEM, RESPECTS 
THEM, FIGHTS FOR THEM.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO BRINGS 
PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS TOGETHER TO
TACKLE OUR CHALLENGES, REBUILD 
OUR COUNTRY, AND RESTORE OUR 
HUMANITY.
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WE'RE CALLED 
TO DO JUSTICE, LOVE MERCY, AND 
WALK HUMBLY WITH OUR GOD.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE THAT 
PRESIDENT.
JOE'S ALWAYS KNOWN THIS RACE IS 
A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR 
COUNTRY, AND HE'S RIGHT.
JOE BELIEVES.
HE BELIEVES IN BOTH THE 
GREATNESS AND THE GOODNESS OF 
THIS COUNTRY.
HE BELIEVES IN US AND IN WHAT WE
CAN DO TOGETHER.
>>> MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR
FAITH, AND HOW WOULD YOU USE 
YOUR FAITH IN MAKING DECISIONS 
FOR OUR NATION?
>> REVEREND, I KIND OF KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO LOSE FAMILY.
AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU.
YOU MAY REMEMBER, AFTER BARACK 
AND MICHELLE AND I WERE THERE, 
MY FAMILY -- I CAME BACK ON THAT
SUNDAY.
BECAUSE I'D JUST LOST MY SON.
AND I WANTED SOME HOPE.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU ALL DID WAS 
ASTOUNDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW 
THIS.
ALL THOSE WHO DIED, THAT WERE 
KILLED, BY THIS WHITE 
SUPREMACIST, THEY FORGAVE HIM.
THEY FORGAVE HIM.
THE ULTIMATE ACT OF CHRISTIAN 
CHARITY.
THEY FORGAVE HIM.
AND YOU KNOW, REVEREND?
I'M NOT PROSELYTIZING.
I HAPPEN TO BE A PRACTICING 
CATHOLIC.
BUT I WENT BACK TO THE CHURCH 
BECAUSE I FOUND PARTICULARLY THE
BLACK CHURCH IN THIS CASE WAS 
AME.
IT WAS NOT AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
I FOUND THAT THERE'S THAT FAMOUS
PHRASE FROM KIERKEGAARD.
"FAITH SEES BEST IN THE DARK."
I FIND THE ONE THING THAT GIVES 
ME -- I'M NOT TRYING TO 
PROSELYTIZE, I'M NOT TRYING TO 
CONVINCE YOU TO BE -- TO SHARE 
MY RELIGIOUS VIEWS.
BUT FOR ME IT'S IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE IT GIVES ME SOME REASON 
TO HAVE HOPE.
AND PURPOSE.
>> JUST REMEMBER, JOE BIDEN GOES
TO CHURCH SO REGULARLY THAT HE 
DOESN'T EVEN NEED TEAR GAS AND A
BUNCH OF FEDERALIZED TROOPS TO 
HELP HIM GET THERE.
NO ONE FOUGHT HARDER FOR YOUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE THAN JOHN LEWIS.
HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT HIM AND HIS 
LEGACY, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GREAT
MAYORS, ATLANTA'S KEISHA LANCE 
BOTTOMS.
MAYOR BOTTOMS, HELLO.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE RECOVERING 
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING.
I FEEL REALLY GOOD, THANK YOU 
FOR ASKING.
MY HUSBAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
IS STILL HAVING MANY OF THE 
LINGERING SIDE EFFECTS THAT 
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
BUT ALL IN ALL, OUR FAMILY'S 
DOING GREAT.
>> WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT.
BUT BOY, I THINK A LOT OF 
AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE 
DEALING WITH THAT FOR A LONG 
TIME.
HEY, MAYOR, I WANTED TO ASK YOU 
SOMETHING.
IS ATLANTA READY FOR ELECTION 
DAY?
>> WE WILL BE READY, AND WE ARE 
GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE 
CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTING 
GOES SMOOTHLY.
BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, 
IF YOU CAN VOTE EARLY IN YOUR 
STATE, TO PLEASE DO SO.
EARLY VOTE DURING THE EARLY 
VOTE. 
>> PERFECT, EXCELLENT ADVICE.
OVER 40 STATES NOW ALLOW SOME 
FORM OF EARLY VOTING.
OKAY, STAY SAFE, MAYOR.
AND I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, JULIA.
AND GOOD EVENING.
I'M KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS, A 
MOTHER OF FOUR, AND MAYOR OF 
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, CRADLE OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
AND LIKE SO MANY OTHER CITIES A 
PLACE WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR 
HUMAN DIGNITY CONTINUES.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP IN 
THIS CITY.
EDUCATED IN ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN OUR 
HOMETOWN HEROES, LIKE DR. JOSEPH
LOWERY, DR. C.T. VIVIAN, AND OUR
TEACHER, OUR FRIEND, OUR 
CONSCIENCE, OUR CONGRESSMAN, 
JOHN LEWIS.
HE WALKED GENTLY AMONGST US.
NOT AS A DISTANT ICON, BUT AS A 
GOD-FEARING MAN WHO DID WHAT HE 
COULD TO FULFILL THE AS YET 
UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF AMERICA.
PEOPLE OFTEN THINK THAT THEY 
CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE LIKE OUR
CIVIL RIGHTS ICONS.
BUT EVERY PERSON IN THE MOVEMENT
MATTERED.
THOSE WHO MADE THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH FLOORS, STUFFED
THE ENVELOPES.
THEY, TOO, CHANGED AMERICA, AND 
SO CAN WE.
THE BATON HAS NOW BEEN PASSED TO
EACH OF US.
WE'VE CRIED OUT FOR JUSTICE.
WE HAVE GATHERED IN OUR STREETS 
TO DEMAND CHANGE.
AND NOW WE MUST PASS ON THE GIFT
JOHN LEWIS SACRIFICED TO GIVE 
US.
WE MUST REGISTER, AND WE MUST 
VOTE.
IN HIS PARTING ESSAY WRITTEN TO 
US, CONGRESSMAN LEWIS EXPRESSED 
HIS PRIDE IN THE ACTIVISM THAT 
HAS SWEPT OUR COUNTRY.
AND HE REMINDED US THAT IF WE 
FAIL TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO 
VOTE, WE CAN LOSE IT.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE 
DISGRACEFULLY USING THIS 
PANDEMIC TO SPREAD 
MISINFORMATION AND INTERFERE 
WITH VOTING.
FORCING MANY IN 2020 TO STILL 
RISK THEIR LIVES TO EXERCISE 
THEIR SACRED RIGHT TO VOTE.
A RIGHT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN 
PAID FOR WITH THE BLOOD, SWEAT, 
TEARS, AND LIVES OF SO MANY.
SO LET'S STAND UP FOR OUR 
CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN'S 
CHILDREN, AND FOR THIS GREAT 
DEMOCRACY THAT OUR ANCESTORS 
WORKED TO BUILD, AND LET'S VOTE.
AND LET'S ORGANIZE TO GET OTHERS
TO VOTE WITH US.
YOU CAN HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN BY
TEXTING "VOTE" TO 30330.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT
WE ELECT REAL LEADERS, LIKE JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
PEOPLE OF HONOR AND INTEGRITY, 
WHO HOLD JUSTICE CLOSE TO THEIR 
HEARTS AND BELIEVE THAT THE 
LIVES OF MY FOUR BLACK CHILDREN 
MATTER.
IN THE WORDS OF POET AUDREY 
LORDE, YOUR SILENCE WILL NOT 
PROTECT YOU.
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS WOULD NOT BE 
SILENCED, AND NEITHER CAN WE.
WE CANNOT WAIT FOR SOME OTHER 
TIME, SOME OTHER PLACE, SOME 
OTHER HEROES.
WE MUST BE THE HEROES OF OUR 
GENERATION.
BECAUSE WE, TOO, ARE AMERICA.
OUR VOTES CAN BE OUR VOICE.
>> IT WAS SOMETHING DEEP DOWN 
WITHIN ME MOVING ME THAT I COULD
NO LONGER BE SATISFIED GOING 
ALONG WITH AN EVIL SYSTEM.
>> LIFE WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.
JOHN LEWIS HAD THE RESPECT OF 
EVERYBODY BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE
WHO DEMONSTRATED THE MOST 
COURAGE.
HE'D BEEN BEATEN AND KNOCKED 
DOWN AND GET UP AND GO TO FIND 
ANOTHER BATTLE.
JOHN WAS FOCUSED ON ENDING VOTER
SUPPRESSION.
AND IT WASN'T THAT HE WAS A 
GREAT ORATOR, IT'S THAT HE WAS A
GREAT SPIRIT.
THE POWER OF SPIRITUALITY AND 
HUMILITY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO 
SUFFER RATHER THAN TO INFLICT 
SUFFERING.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOHN 
HAS TAUGHT US IS THAT, YOU MAY 
HAVE TO SACRIFICE, BUT IF YOU'RE
SACRIFICING FOR A CAUSE, 
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOU, 
BIGGER THAN YOU, AND YOU REALLY 
BELIEVE IN IT, THEN YOU WILL 
HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU.
>> WE DO NOT GET LEGISLATION 
THROUGH THIS CONGRESS, WE WILL 
MARCH THROUGH THE SOUTH, THROUGH
THE STREETS OF JACKSON, THROUGH 
THE STREETS OF BIRMINGHAM -- 
♪♪
>> I THINK HE IS THE SINGULAR 
FIGURE THAT HAS TRIED TO CARRY 
OUT THE WORK OF OUR NONVIOLENT 
CAMPAIGNS INTO THE HALLS OF 
CONGRESS. 
>> FROM DAY ONE, JOHN LEWIS WAS 
A ROLE MODEL FOR THE MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS, WHETHER THEY WERE 
FRESHMEN OR HERE A LONG TIME.
BECAUSE HE BROUGHT WITH HIM A 
KIND OF HEFT OF WEIGHTINESS OF 
PURPOSE. 
>> I GOT ARRESTED A FEW TIMES 
DURING THE '60s.
40 TIMES.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS,
ANOTHER FIVE TIMES.
>> THE MEANS BY WHICH WE 
STRUGGLE MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE END WE SEEK.
>> SOMEONE WHO HAS NAVIGATED THE
THORNY ISSUES OF POLICY, NOT BY 
CASTIGATING ALONE, BUT BY ALSO 
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE BETTER 
THAN THEY THINK THEY CAN BE. 
>> TODAY WE'RE CONSIDERING A 
FAIR HOUSING MEASURE WHICH NOT 
ONLY PROTECTS OUR NATION'S 
MINORITIES, BUT IT PROTECTS THE 
NEEDS OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
>> HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT 
BEFORE WE DECIDE TO BAN ASSAULT 
WEAPONS?
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 
TO BRING MORE OF OUR CITIZENS 
INTO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION. 
>> I HAVE ON MY MARCHING SHOES!
I'M FIRED UP!
I'M READY TO MARCH!
>> AND ALL OF THESE DECADES 
LATER, WHILE HE AND OTHERS OF 
HIS GENERATION ACHIEVED MUCH, 
WE'RE STILL FIGHTING AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND FIGHTING 
FOR OUR VOTING RIGHTS.
AND SO WE BEST HONOR HIM BY 
CONTINUING TO FIGHT THE GOOD 
FIGHTS THAT HE FOUGHT, BY 
STAYING IN GOOD TROUBLE.
♪♪
♪♪
♪ TOGETHER TOGETHER THROUGH THE 
THUNDER AND THE RAIN TOGETHER ♪
♪ ALL THE STRUGGLE AND THE PAIN 
TOGETHER ♪
♪ CAN'T YOU SEE WE ARE THE SAME 
OUR FREEDOM CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER 
DAY ♪
♪ SO TOGETHER LET'S FIGHT FIGHT 
FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT ♪
♪ FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT NO 
MATTER HOW LONG OR HOW DARK THE 
NIGHT ♪
>> WE WILL CREATE BELOVED 
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL REDEEM THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA.
AS A NATION AND AS A PEOPLE, WE 
WILL GET THERE.
♪ CLIMB TO THE MOUNTAINTOP AND 
ONE DAY WE'LL WIN TOGETHER ♪
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE OURS IT WILL BE 
OURS ♪
♪ OH ONE DAY WHEN THE WAR IS WON
WE WILL BE SURE WE WILL BE 
SURE ♪
♪ OH GLORY GLORY GLORY OH GLORY 
GLORY ♪
♪ PASS TO THE HEAVENS NO MAN NO 
WEAPON ♪
♪ GLORY IS DESTINED EVERYDAY 
WOMEN AND MEN BECOME LEGENDS ♪
♪ SINCE OUR SKIN BECOME 
BLESSINGS ♪
♪ THE MOVEMENT IS A RHYTHM TO US
FREEDOM IS LIKE RELIGION TO US ♪
♪ JUSTICE IS JUST PERSISTING IN 
US ♪
♪ JUSTICE FOR ALL AIN'T SPECIFIC
ENOUGH ♪
♪ ONCE I DIE THE SPIRIT 
REVISITED US ♪
♪ LIVING IN US RESISTANCE IS 
US ♪
♪ THAT'S WHY ROSA SAT ON THE BUS
THAT'S WHY WE WALK THROUGH 
AMERICA WITH OUR HANDS UP ♪
♪ THEY SAY STAY DOWN AND WE 
STAND UP ♪
♪ SHOTS WE ON THE GROUND THE 
CAMERA PANNED UP ♪
♪ KING ON THE GROUND AND THEY 
POINTED UP ♪
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE OURS IT WILL BE 
OURS ♪
♪ OH ONE DAY WHEN THE WAR IS WON
WE WILL BE SURE WE WILL BE 
SURE ♪
♪ OH GLORY GLORY OH GLORY 
GLORY ♪
♪ NOW THE WAR IS NOT OVER 
VICTORY ISN'T WON ♪
♪ WHO WILL FIGHT ON TO THE 
FINISH THEN WHEN IT'S ALL DONE ♪
♪ WE'LL CRY LORD GLORY OH LORD 
GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY OH OH GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY OH LORD GLORY OH GLORY 
GLORY ♪
♪ THE TIME IS NOW FOR EVERY MAN 
WOMAN AND CHILD ♪
♪ EVEN JESUS GOD IS CROWNED IN 
FRONT OF A CROWD ♪
♪ WE MARCH WITH THE TORCH WE RUN
WITH IT NOW ♪
♪ NEVER LOOK BACK WE'VE GONE 
HUNDREDS OF MILES ♪
♪ TO BECOME A HERO FACING THE 
LEAGUE OF JUSTICE ♪
♪ POWER IS THE PEOPLE KING 
BECAME REGAL ♪
♪ THE FACE OF JIM CROW UNDER A 
BALD EAGLE ♪
♪ THE BIGGEST IS TO STAY 
PEACEFUL ♪
♪ WE SAY OUR MUSIC IS THE CUTS 
WE BLEED THROUGH ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE IN THE DREAM HE HAD 
AN EPIPHANY ♪
♪ NOW WE RIGHT THE WRONGS OF 
HISTORY ♪
♪ NO ONE CAN WIN THE WAR 
INDIVIDUALLY ♪
♪ IT TAKES A RISK AMONG THE 
ELDERS YOUNG PEOPLE'S ENERGY ♪
♪ THE COMING OF THE LORD MY EYES
HAVE SEEN THE GLORY ♪
♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE OURS IT'S OURS IT 
WILL BE OURS YEAH JOHN WHOA ♪
♪ ONE DAY ONE DAY WHEN THE WAR 
IS WON WE WILL BE SURE SO SURE 
WE WILL BE SURE SO SURE TO THE 
WORLD ♪
♪ OH GLORY GLORY GOD PRAISE 
GLORY OH GLORY GLORY ♪
♪ OH LORD GLORY GLORY OH GLORY 
GLORY ♪
♪ WHEN THE WAR IS WON GLORY 
GLORY WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND 
DONE GLORY GLORY ♪
♪ WE'LL CRY LORD GLORY GLORY OH 
GLORY OH ♪♪
>> WOW.
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, JOHN AND 
COMMON, WOW.
JOE BIDEN SHARES JOHN LEWIS' 
BELIEF THAT EVERY VOTE MATTERS.
PERSONALLY, I PLAN TO FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE OF SIX CURRENT CABINET 
MEMBERS, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, 
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF, AND
VOTE BY MAIL.
TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED 
TO KNOW ABOUT FAIL-IN BALLOTS, 
YOUR POLLING PLACE, OR EVEN 
JUST, AM I REGISTERED?
TEXT "VOTE" TO 30330.
30330.
THAT WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT'S 
GOLF SCORE IF HE DIDN'T CHEAT.
OKAY, LOOK.
I'LL ADMIT THAT WAS A LITTLE 
NASTY.
BUT WE ALL KNOW HE'S A CHEATER.
AND I'M PROUD TO BE A NASTY, 
NASTY WOMAN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN DONALD TRUMP 
SPOKE AT HIS INAUGURATION ABOUT 
AMERICAN CARNAGE, I ASSUMED THAT
WAS SOMETHING HE WAS AGAINST, 
NOT A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
WHAT WE NEED NOW IS GREAT 
LEADERSHIP, SOMEONE EXPERIENCED 
AND HARD-WORKING AND 
INTELLIGENT, SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THE SOUL OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> I'M HISTORIAN JON MEACHAM.
IN HIS FINAL SUNDAY SERMON DAYS 
BEFORE HIS DEATH, MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. SAID, WE ARE TIED 
TOGETHER IN THE SINGLE GARMENT 
OF DESTINY.
THIS IS THE WAY GOD'S UNIVERSE 
IS MADE.
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS 
STRUCTURED.
A SINGLE GARMENT OF DESTINY.
WE, THE PEOPLE, CANNOT ESCAPE 
THAT REALITY, NOR, AS LINCOLN 
TAUGHT US, CAN YOU AND I ESCAPE 
HISTORY.
AND WE SHOULDN'T WANT TO.
FOR MANY OF US HAVE BEEN GIVEN 
MUCH.
LIBERTY.
OPPORTUNITY.
A SENSE OF POSSIBILITY.
THE TASK OF OUR TIME IS TO MAKE 
SURE THOSE GIFTS ARE AVAILABLE 
NOT JUST TO FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE 
ME, BUT TO ALL OF US.
THIS IS A GRAVE MOMENT IN 
AMERICA.
A DEADLY VIRUS IS RAVAGING US.
OUR JOBS ARE EVAPORATING.
OUR FAITH IN THE THINGS THAT 
BIND US TOGETHER IS FRAYING, FOR
OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ASSAULT 
FROM AN INCUMBENT MORE 
INTERESTED IN HIMSELF THAN HE IS
IN THE REST OF US.
EXTREMISM, NATIVISM, 
ISOLATIONISM, AND A LACK OF 
COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FOR 
WORKING PEOPLE ARE ALL 
PREVENTING US FROM REALIZING OUR
NATION'S PROMISE.
AND SO WE MUST DECIDE WHETHER WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRISONERS OF
THE DARKEST OF AMERICAN FORCES, 
OR WILL WE FREE OURSELVES TO 
WRITE A BRIGHTER, BETTER, NOBLER
STORY?
THAT'S THE ISSUE OF THIS 
ELECTION, A CHOICE THAT GOES 
STRAIGHT TO THE NATURE OF THE 
SOUL OF AMERICA.
HUMANKIND HAS LONG VIEWED THE 
SOUL AS THE VITAL CENTER, THE 
CORE, THE ESSENCE OF EXISTENCE.
THE SOUL IS WHAT MAKES US US.
IN ITS FINEST HOURS, AMERICA'S 
SOUL HAS BEEN ANIMATED BY THE 
PROPOSITION THAT WE ARE ALL 
CREATED EQUAL, AND BY THE 
IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
TREATED EQUALLY.
YET AMERICA IS A MIX OF LIGHT 
AND SHADOW.
SENECA FALLS AND SELMA AND 
STONEWALL DWELL IN THE AMERICAN 
SOUL.
BUT SO DO THE IMPULSES THAT HAVE
GIVEN US SLAVERY, SEGREGATION, 
AND SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION.
OFTEN WE PREFER TO HEAR THE 
TRUMPETS RATHER THAN FACE THE 
TRAGEDIES.
BUT AN HONEST ACCOUNTING OF WHO 
WE'VE BEEN CAN ENABLE US TO SEE 
WHO WE SHOULD BE.
A COUNTRY DRIVEN BY THE BEST 
PARTS OF OUR SOUL, NOT BY THE 
WORST.
A COUNTRY INFORMED BY REASON AND
CANDOR, NOT BY EGO AND LIES.
A COUNTRY THAT'S BIG-HEARTED, 
NOT NARROW-MINDED.
THE STRUGGLE TO BE WHO WE OUGHT 
TO BE IS DIFFICULT, DEMANDING, 
AND ONGOING.
JUSTICE CAN BE ELUSIVE, AND 
CHANGE IN AMERICA HAS BEEN 
PAINFUL AND PROVISIONAL.
THE CIVIL WAR LED TO 
SEGREGATION.
THE NEW DEAL TO RIGHT-WING 
REACTION.
CIVIL RIGHTS TO WHITE BACKLASH.
YET HISTORY, WHICH WILL SURELY 
BE OUR JUDGE, CAN ALSO BE OUR 
GUIDE.
FROM HARRIET TUBMAN TO ALICE 
PAUL TO JOHN LEWIS.
FROM THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY TO 
THE RENDING OF THE IRON CURTAIN.
OUR STORY HAS SOARED WHEN WE'VE 
BUILT BRIDGES, NOT WALLS.
WHEN WE'VE LENT A HAND, NOT WHEN
WE'VE POINTED FINGERS.
WHEN WE'VE HOPED, NOT FEARED.
IF WE LIVE IN HOPE, WE OPEN OUR 
SOULS TO THE POWER OF LOVE.
WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT TO LOVE OUR 
NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION, 
HOWEVER, WE FAIL AT FOLLOWING 
THAT COMMANDMENT MORE OFTEN THAN
WE SUCCEED.
BUT WHEN WE FAIL, WE MUST TRY 
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, FOR 
ONLY IN TRIAL IS PROGRESS 
POSSIBLE.
FROM JAMESTOWN FORWARD, OUR 
STORY HAS BECOME FULLER AND 
FAIRER BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO 
SHARE A CONVICTION THAT DR. KING
ARTICULATED ON THAT SUNDAY HALF 
A CENTURY AGO.
THE ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS
LONG, BUT IT BENDS TOWARD 
JUSTICE.
BENDING THAT ARC REQUIRES ALL OF
US.
IT REQUIRES WE, THE PEOPLE.
AND IT REQUIRES A PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES WITH EMPATHY, 
GRACE, A BIG HEART, AND AN OPEN 
MIND.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE SUCH A 
PRESIDENT.
WITH OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, 
LET US NOW WRITE THE NEXT 
CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN STORY.
ONE OF HOPE, OF LOVE, OF 
JUSTICE.
IF WE DO SO, WE MIGHT JUST SAVE 
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SOULS.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M CONGRESSWOMAN DEB HOLLAND.
I'M GRATEFUL TO BE WITH YOU HERE
ON INDIGENOUS LAND.
THE PROMISE OF THIS COUNTRY IS 
OLDER THAN OUR CONSTITUTION.
OVER 500 YEARS AGO, THOUSANDS OF
INDIAN TRIBES WERE VVIBRANT, 
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES WITH RICH 
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS IN 
COMMUNITIES THAT HAD SUSTAINED 
THEM FOR MILLENNIA ON LANDS THEY
LOVED AND RESPECTED.
MY PEOPLE, THE PUEBLO INDIANS, 
MIGRATED TO THE RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY IN THE LATE 1200s TO 
ESCAPE DROUGHTS.
WE WERE LED TO THE GREAT RIVER 
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WHERE WE 
ESTABLISHED AN AGRICULTURAL 
TRADITION THAT CONTINUES TO THIS
DAY.
MY PEOPLE SURVIVED CENTURIES OF 
SLAVERY, GENOCIDE, AND BRUTAL 
SIMULATION POLICIES.
BUT THROUGHOUT OUR PAST, TRIBAL 
NATIONS HAVE FOUGHT FOR AND 
HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY.
THERE WERE THOSE LIKE MY LAGUNA 
GRANDPARENTS WHO WORKED ON OUR 
COUNTRY'S RAILROAD.
AND THOSE LIKE MY MOTHER, A NAVY
VETERAN, WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY
WITH HONOR.
I STAND HERE TODAY, A PROUD 35th
GENERATION NEW MEXICAN AND ONE 
OF THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN 
WOMEN EVER ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
I'M A SYMBOL OF OUR RESILIENCE, 
AS THE EMBODIMENT OF AMERICA'S 
PROGRESS AS A NATION.
I KNOW WE CAN'T TAKE OUR 
DEMOCRACY FOR GRANTED, 
ESPECIALLY NOW AS PEOPLE ARE 
DYING, AS OUR LAND IS ABUSED, AS
OUR CONSTITUTION IS UNDER 
ATTACK.
WE MUST WORK FOR IT.
BY GETTING INVOLVED, BY 
REGISTERING VOTERS, BY VOTING.
VOTING IS SACRED.
MY PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
WE WEREN'T UNIVERSALLY GRANTED 
THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL 1962, 
AND THAT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS 
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
WHETHER YOUR ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS OR 
YOU'RE A NEW CITIZEN, KNOW 
THIS -- WHETHER WE VOTE AND HOW 
WE VOTE WILL DETERMINE IF OUR 
NATION'S PROMISE OF SOCIAL, 
RACIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE WILL OUTLAST US.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
RESPECT OUR PAST AND UNDERSTAND 
OUR PRESENT.
THEY WILL SEE US THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP THAT IS 
PLAGUING OUR COUNTRY, AND THEY 
WILL HELP US TO BUILD A BETTER 
FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
♪ RISE UP COME ON RISE UP ♪
>>> THE FIRST YEAR THAT I VOTED 
WAS 1974. 
>> 1967. 
>> I HAVE NOT MISSED A GENERAL 
OR A PRIMARY ELECTION IN MY 
51-YEAR VOTING HISTORY. 
>> NO, I DON'T GO TO THE POLLS 
ANYMORE.
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DOES IT 
FOR ME.
>> AND NOW WE'RE SEEING OUR 
CURRENT PRESIDENT SABOTAGE OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE, SABOTAGING 
DEMOCRACY, BY TRYING TO UNDO THE
POSTAL SYSTEM. 
>> MY FATHER WORKED FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE FOR 30 YEARS. 
>> MY MOTHER WORKED FOR THAT 
LOCAL POST OFFICE FOR 10 YEARS.
THAT JOB ENABLED HER TO FEED HER
FAMILY. 
>> I AM APPALLED AT WHAT THE 
REPUBLICANS AND THE PRESIDENT 
ARE TRYING TO DO TO SUBVERT THE 
VOTE. 
>> NOTHING OR NO ONE WILL STOP 
ME FROM VOTING THIS ELECTION. 
>> WE NEED TO KEEP OUR MAIL 
SYSTEM.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>>> WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
WHERE ARE THESE BALLOTS GOING?
WHO'S GETTING THEM WHO IS NOT 
GETTING THEM?
A LITTLE SECTION THAT'S 
REPUBLICAN.
WILL THEY BE STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES AS THEY GET PUT IN BY 
THE MAILMAN?
WILL THEY BE TAKEN FROM THE 
MAILMAN AND THE MAILWOMEN?
WILL THEY BE FORGED?
WHO IS SIGNING THEM?
WHO'S SIGNING THEM?
WHAT, ARE THEY SIGNED TO THE 
KITCHEN TABLE AND SENT IN?
WILL THEY BE COUNTERFEITED BY 
GROUPS INSIDE OUR NATION?
WILL THEY BE COUNTERFEITED MAYBE
BY THE MILLIONS BY FOREIGN 
POWERS?
>> LET ME PUT THIS IN MY OWN 
WORDS.
I'VE HEARD DONALD TRUMP SAY SOME
PRETTY UNHINGED THINGS.
I'VE HEARD THEM OVER AND OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS TO
OUR DEMOCRACY THAN HIS ATTACKS 
ON MAIL-IN VOTING DURING A 
PANDEMIC.
OKAY?
HERE'S THE TRUTH.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T WANT ANY OF
US TO VOTE, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE 
CAN'T WIN FAIR AND SQUARE.
SO WHETHER YOU PLAN TO VOTE BY 
MAIL OR IN PERSON, WEARING YOUR 
MASK, IT IS YOUR VOTE AND IT'S 
YOUR RIGHT.
DON'T LET DONALD TRUMP TAKE THAT
AWAY FROM YOU.
FOR ACCURATE, UP-TO-DATE VOTING 
INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN TRUST, 
TEXT "VOTE" TO 30330.
ONE MORE TIME.
TEXT "VOTE" TO 30330.
>>> I'M ALEX PADILLA, 
CALIFORNIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> AND I'M JOCELYN BENSON, THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE OF MICHIGAN. 
>> VOTING IS THE OXYGEN OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
IT DECIDES ELECTIONS, AND 
ELECTIONS CHANGE LIVES.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN SO MANY 
ATTACKS ON OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, 
INCLUDING MANY THAT SPECIFICALLY
TARGET WORKING FAMILIES, YOUNG 
PEOPLE, AND COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR.
>> SECRETARIES OF STATE ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING FAIR, 
ACCESSIBLE, SECURE ELECTIONS 
WHERE EVERY VOTE IS COUNTED AND 
EVERY VOICE IS HEARD.
WE SERVE ON THE FRONT LINES, 
DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY AGAINST 
ANY AND ALL ATTACKS, FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC.
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS 
ELECTION.
DESPITE WHAT HE SAYS, DONALD 
TRUMP CAN'T CANCEL IT.
BUT HE AND REPUBLICANS ARE 
MAKING IT TOO HARD FOR SO MANY 
TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
AND NOW HE'S ATTACKING VOTE BY 
MAIL TO DISTRACT AND CONFUSE 
VOTERS. 
>> AND LET'S BE CLEAR.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VOTING BY 
MAIL AND VOTING ABSENTEE.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN 
VOTING ABSENTEE FOR DECADES.
DONALD TRUMP, HIS FAMILY, HIS 
STAFF, THEY ALL VOTE BY MAIL.
IN FACT, IN STATES LIKE 
COLORADO, UTAH, AND OREGON, 
VOTERS HAVE BEEN VOTING BY MAIL 
FOR YEARS.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AGREE,
IT IS SAFE.
>> BUT NOW TRUMP HAS ADMITTED 
HE'S TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE POST
OFFICE TO UNDERMINE VOTING BY 
MAIL.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM 
DO THAT.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
CAN VOTE SAFELY, WHETHER IN 
PERSON OR BY MAIL.
AND YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE YOU
VOTE.
>> AND THERE'S MORE.
ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, TALK TO 
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
SPREAD THE WORD.
TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO TEXT 
"VOTE" TO 30330 FOR MORE VOTING 
OPTIONS.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO VOTE FROM 
HOME, REQUEST AND RETURN YOUR 
BALLOT EARLY.
REMIND EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO MAKE
A PLAN TO VOTE. 
>> DON'T LET ANYONE KEEP YOU 
FROM EXERCISING YOUR MOST SACRED
RIGHT.
MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE.
GRAB YOUR MASK AND HEAD TO THE 
POLLS THE FIRST DAY THEY'RE 
OPEN.
OR REQUEST YOUR BALLOT AND SEND 
IT IN RIGHT AWAY.
KNOW THIS.
ELECTION RESULTS MAY TAKE A 
LITTLE LONGER THIS YEAR, BUT 
DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT TO MAKE 
SURE YOUR BALLOT IS COUNTED. 
>> BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE 
DAY, THE BIGGEST ROLE IN 
PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY ISN'T 
OURS, IT'S YOURS.
♪ RISE UP COME ON RISE UP ♪
>>> OUR FAMILY HAS A CRAZY 
HISTORY WITH AMERICA.
IT ALL STARTS WITH IT BEING A 
BEACON FOR IMMIGRANTS.
IT'S REALLY COOL BEING LIKE PART
POLISH, PART PUERTO RICAN, PART 
BLACK.
BECAUSE I GET -- FOR ME 
PERSONALLY, I GET TO BE THIS 
MELTING POT OF AMERICA. 
>> IF YOU WERE AN IMMIGRANT BACK
THEN, COME FROM AN IMMIGRANT 
FAMILY, THE DEMOCRATS BROUGHT 
YOU IN.
WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING THE 
MEANING OF THIS COUNTRY. 
>> EVERY GENERATION BEFORE US 
HAS HAD TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN.
AND IT'S JUST OUR TURN NOW. 
>> I WAS SO PROUD WHEN I SAW THE
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WERE GOING 
ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>> THIS YEAR'S ELECTION MEANS A 
LOT TO ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 
OUR GENERATION IS SO MOTIVATED 
BY NOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE
HAVE TO MAKE, AND I'M COUNTING 
ON JOE BIDEN, AND I BELIEVE IN 
HIM.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>>> I'M HERE BECAUSE A UNION JOB
LIFTED MY FAMILY OUT OF POVERTY 
AND INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
MY GRANDFATHER LEFT THE JIM CROW
SOUTH FOR DETROIT, JOINED THE 
UAW, AND GOT A JOB ON THE 
ASSEMBLY LINES DURING WORLD WAR 
II.
THAT UNION JOB ENABLED HIM TO 
SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, RAISE MY 
MOM, AND SEND HER TO FISK 
UNIVERSITY.
THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM.
TOGETHER WE WORK, TOGETHER WE 
RISE.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS KNOW
THE DIGNITY OF ALL WORKING 
AMERICANS.
THEY KNOW THE URGENCY AND THE 
DEMANDS OUR DREAM.
BUT WORKING PEOPLE ARE UNDER 
ATTACK.
THE WEALTH GAP GROWS.
OUR MIDDLE CLASS SHRINKS.
AND POVERTY PERSISTS.
LAST WEEK, DONALD TRUMP SAID, 
AND I QUOTE, "OUR ECONOMY IS 
DOING GOOD."
WHILE 40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE 
AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES.
30 MILLION AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH
TO EAT.
AND 5.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE LOST
THEIR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF 
THIS CRISIS.
HE HAS FAILED US.
BUT STILL, I BELIEVE IN THE 
DREAM OF OUR ANCESTORS.
TOGETHER WITH JOE AND KAMALA IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'LL RAISE THE
MINIMUM WAGE SO NO ONE WHO WORKS
A FULL-TIME JOB IN AMERICA LIVES
IN POVERTY.
TOGETHER, WE'LL FIGHT FOR THOSE 
WHO KEEP US HEALTHY, WHO KEEP US
SAFE, WHO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
WE'LL STAND FOR THOSE WHO COOK 
AND SERVE AND CLEAN, WHO PLANT 
AND HARVEST, WHO PACK AND ALWAYS
THOSE WHO DELIVER, WHOSE HANDS 
ARE THICK WITH  GRAND DAD'S WER 
LIFTED ME HIGH, WHO HELD MINE 
WHEN I WAS A BOY.
IF HE WAS ALIVE, JOE AND KAMALA,
HE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND HE'D TELL US, TAKE ANOTHER 
BY THE HAND AND ANOTHER AND 
LET'S GET TO WORK.
THIS DREAM AIN'T FREE.
YOU GOT TO WORK FOR IT.
SO LIKE HIS GENERATION, UP AND 
OUT OF THE DEPRESSION, LET'S NOW
WORK TOGETHER AND STAND TOGETHER
AND, AMERICA, TOGETHER WE WILL 
RISE.
>> THERE'S MY TEAM.
YOU GUYS ARE AMERICA, NOT WALL 
STREET. 
>> AMERICANS JUST WANT TO LIVE 
MEEKLY COMFORTABLE.
I HAVE A WIFE THAT WORKS AS 
WELL.
WE HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD AND A 
7-YEAR-OLD AT HOME.
WE'LL STILL WORKING.
I MEAN, IT'S A HOAX AT ONE POINT
AND NOW HERE WE ARE FULL-BLOWN. 
>> YEP.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, THE 
FUTURE OF AUTO WORKERS IN 
AMERICA, AND I REALLY BELIEVE 
THIS, CAN BE AS BRIGHT AS IT WAS
BACK IN THE LATE '40s AND '50s.
SIMPLE REASON.
IT IS AN ICONIC INDUSTRY.
IT IS AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
WE MADE IT.
WE MADE IT. 
>> YES.
THANK YOU. 
>> IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING 
2020.
I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE 16
YEARS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED 
ANYTHING LIKE COVID.
WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR WHOLE 
TACTICS, THE WAY WE DID OUR 
DAY-TO-DAY.
AND THE HURRICANE THAT CAME IN 
TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE WERE DOING THINGS WE'D NEVER 
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DOING, WATER
RESCUES WITH MASKS ON.
HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT COVID.
IT WAS INTERESTING. 
>> HOW IS YOUR FAMILY DOING?
>> WELL, I'M A SINGLE DAY.
I HAVE AN ALMOST FIVE-YEAR-OLD 
WHO IS MY WORLD.
I'M VERY LUCKY THAT MY PARENTS 
ARE RETIRED.
MY MOM ACTUALLY RETIRED RIGHT 
AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN TO 
HELP US WITH HER.
SHE WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 
PRE-K, GOING TO THE BIG SCHOOL, 
AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY THIS 
COVID CAME IN AND NOW IT IS ALL 
GOING TO BE ONLINE SCHOOLING, 
WHICH I'M FORTUNATE I HAVE MY 
PARENTS.
BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF GUYS THAT
ARE DOUBLE INCOME FAMILIES AND 
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT HOW TO DO IT WITH THEIR 
KIDS.
WHAT ARRANGEMENTS TO MAKE SINCE 
THEY WON'T BE GOING TO SCHOOL. 
>> IT'S TWO PEOPLE IN THE 
HOUSEHOLD.
I HAVE A FAMILY OF TWO, AND WE 
HAVE GROWN UP KIDS THAT ARE NO 
LONGER IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
BUT IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO 
BUILD.
WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR GOAL OF 
BUYING A HOUSE IN THE NEXT FIVE 
YEARS.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SAVE, SAVE, 
SAVE. 
>> LOOK, EVERYBODY, YOU TALK 
ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THE FACT IS THAT THE WAY MIDDLE 
CLASS PEOPLE GENERATE WEALTH 
OVERWHELMINGLY IS BUILDING UP 
EQUITY IN THEIR HOME.
AND THAT'S WHAT GETS PASSED ON 
FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT,
THE EQUITY IN A HOME. 
>> YOU KNOW, MIDDLE CLASS HAS 
CONTINUED TAKING HITS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ON 
THIS CALL IS WE REALIZE HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE YOU IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY 
POLICY FOR RESOURCES, WHICH I 
KNOW YOU HAVE ONE.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE 
MIDDLE CLASS, IT'S ABOUT THE 
JOBS. 
>> THE FUTURE REALLY RESTS ON 
INVESTMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING $2 
TRILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE, 
BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS, MAKING SURE 
WE HAVE ACCESS TO DO THINGS THAT
REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE LIKE 
WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THAT SO 
 
LAR FACILITY.
I'M A SCRANTON BOY.
KEEP THE FAITH, GUYS.
OKAY?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>>> I KNOW IT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR 
A FORMER SURGEON GENERAL TO 
SPEAK AT A CONVENTION.
SURGEONS GENERAL ARE APPOINTING 
BY PRESIDENTS BUT OUR WORK ISN'T
ABOUT POLITICS.
OUR HIGHEST DUTY IS TO THE 
PUBLIC.
OUR TRUE GUIDE IS SCIENCE.
AND OUR JOB IS TO SPEAK THE 
TRUTH ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH, EVEN 
WHEN IT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR 
PERCEIVED AS POLITICAL.
SO HERE'S THE TRUTH.
OUR NATION ABSOLUTELY HAS WHAT 
IT TAKES TO OVERCOME THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT'S CLAIMED
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR LOVED 
ONES.
WE HAVE THE TALENT, RESOURCES 
AND TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS 
LEADERSHIP.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO WORKS WITH 
STATES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE 
WHO NEEDS A TEST GETS ONE AND 
GETS RESULTS QUICKLY.
A LEADER WHO SECURES A SAFE, 
EFFECTIVE VACCINE AND 
DISTRIBUTES IT QUICKLY AND 
FAIRLY, A LEADER WHO INSPIRES US
TO PRACTICE DISTANCING AND WEAR 
MASKS, NOT AS A POLITICAL 
STATEMENT BUT AS A PATRIOTIC 
DUTY, A COMMITMENT WE MAKE TO 
ONE ANOTHER.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
NOT BECAUSE OF POLITICS OR FOR 
PARTY BUT BECAUSE I KNOW JOE 
BIDEN CAN BE THAT LEADER.
I HAVE WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN.
I HAVE SEEN WHO HE IS WITH NO 
CAMERAS AROUND, HOW HE SITS WITH
PEOPLE IN THEIR PAIN AND HOLDS 
THEM IN HIS HEART, HOW HE POURS 
OVER COVID BRIEFINGS ASKING 
SMART QUESTIONS, LETTING SCIENCE
GUIDE HIS WAY, JUST AS HE DID 
WHEN MANAGING THE EBOLA CRISIS.
AND SIX YEARS AGO WHEN JOE BIDEN
MET MY FAMILY, MANY OF THEM 
IMMIGRANTS AWED TO BE IN THE 
NATION'S CAPITAL, HE TOOK MY 
GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS AND SAID, 
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US, THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS THE
PLACE TO TRUST WITH YOUR FAMILY.
TONIGHT, AS A FATHER, SON AND 
GRANDSON, AS A DOCTOR WHO SWORE 
AN OATH AND AS AN AMERICAN WHO 
LOVES MY COUNTRY, I CAN TELL YOU
THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE MAN I 
TRUST TO LOOK OUT FOR MY FAMILY 
AND THE LEADER I KNOW WHO WILL 
HEAL THIS NATION.
>>> HI.
I'M SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN.
WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD, I GOT
SICK, REALLY SICK.
I WAS HOSPITALIZED.
BUT SINCE MY GRANDPARENTS WERE 
THE ONES RAISING ME AND OUR 
FAMILY'S HEALTH PLAN DIDN'T 
COVER GRANDKIDS, THEY WERE 
FORCED TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET FOR 
MY THREE-MONTH HOSPITAL STAY.
I GOT BETTER, BUT THE INSURANCE 
COMPANIES DIDN'T.
THEY REFUSED TO COVER ME AT ANY 
COST BECAUSE I WAS MARKED CHILD 
WITH A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
WE ALL HAVE STORIES LIKE THIS.
STORIES ABOUT A TIME WHEN THE 
SYSTEM WAS RIGGED AGAINST US, 
WHEN WE WERE COUNTED OUT, LEFT 
OUT, PUSHED OUT.
JUST THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD
THESE PAST FOUR DAYS.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO 
DON'T HAVE THE PROTECTIVE GEAR 
THEY NEED.
YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE ASTHMA WILL 
GET WORSE AS OUR AIR QUALITY 
DOES, WORKERS WHO ARE AFRAID OF 
LOSING THEIR JOBS.
EACH STORY BEGS THE SIMPLE, 
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, A QUESTION
THAT GETS TO THE HEART OF THE 
CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION: WHAT 
KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT TO 
BE?
DO WE WANT TO BE A COUNTRY WHERE
MILLIONAIRES GET TO DODGE TAXES 
OR ONE WHERE WORKING FAMILIES 
GET A BREAK?
DO WE WANT TO BE A COUNTRY WHERE
MEDICAL BILLS BURY PEOPLE IN 
DEBT OR ONE WHERE HEALTH CARE IS
AFFORDABLE FOR ALL?
OR WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE DIE FROM A VIRUS?
OR WHERE THE AMERICAN DREAM 
LIVES?
I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO 
THAT FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION 
BECAUSE MOST OF US WANT THE SAME
THINGS: GOOD SCHOOLS IN OUR 
NEIGHBORHOODS, RACIAL JUSTICE, 
THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO WE WANT,
DIGNITY IN OUR WORK AND AN 
ECONOMY WHERE SMALL BUSINESSES 
AND WORKING FAMILIES THRIVE.
AND OVER THE PAST MONTH, WE HAVE
ADDED ANOTHER TO THAT LIST, A 
NATION FREE FROM COVID.
THAT'S WHY JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ARE THE ONLY ANSWER IN 
THIS ELECTION.
TRUST ME, THEY ARE.
YOU SEE, THERE IS ANOTHER PART 
OF MY STORY, THE PART WHERE I 
RAN FOR OFFICE, THE PART WHERE I
SERVED IN CONGRESS, THE PART 
WHERE I WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN 
AND BARACK OBAMA TO MAKE SURE 
KIDS AND GRANDKIDS IF THEY'RE 
DEPENDENTS CAN STAY ON THEIR 
PARENTS' HEALTH INSURANCE UNTIL 
THEY'RE 26.
WE GOT THAT DONE.
AND, YES, IT WAS A BIG F'ING 
DEAL.
THAT'S THE AMERICA I KNOW.
THAT'S THE AMERICA I LOVE.
AND THAT'S THE AMERICA WE WILL 
BE WITH JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
A NATION THAT PLANS, A NATION 
THAT BUILDS, A NATION THAT 
BUILDS BACK.
SAY IT WITH ME THERE AT HOME, A 
NATION THAT BUILDS BACK BETTER!
HERE IN WISCONSIN, OUR STATE 
MOTTO IS JUST ONE WORD: FORWARD.
THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S MOVE 
FORWARD AND NEVER LOOK BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> NO OTHER NATION, NO OTHER 
NATION CAN MATCH US IF WE STEP 
UP, IF WE LEAD BY THE POWER OF 
EXAMPLE, NOT BY THE EXAMPLE OF 
OUR POWER.
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN TEAR 
AMERICA APART IS AMERICA ITSELF,
AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
>> IF YOU WANT TO HELP JOE AND 
KAMALA MAKE SURE THAT AMERICA 
STAYS STRONG AND UNITED, PLEASE 
GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM AND 
CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING THAT YOU 
POSSIBLY CAN.
TONIGHT I COULDN'T BE PROUDER TO
BE A LOYAL UNION MEMBER, A 
PASSIONATE CLIMATE ACTIVIST AND 
A PATRIOTIC DEMOCRAT OR AS 
DONALD TRUMP WILL CALL ME IN A 
TWEET TOMORROW, A WASHED UP 
HORSE FACE NO TALENT HAS BEEN 
WITH LOW RATINGS.
WELL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR,
IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE 
YOU TO A REAL AMERICAN HERO, 
WORLD WAR II VETERAN ED GOOD.
>> I AM EDWARD GOOD.
I'M 95 YEARS OLD.
I'M A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II 
AND OF KOREA.
WHEN I WEAR A UNIFORM, I WEAR 
ONLY TWO BADGES, MY PARACHUTE 
WINGS AND THE COMBAT INFANTRY 
BADGE.
I DID MAKE ONE JUMP OVER GERMANY
AND I'M PROUD OF THAT.
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE 
THE 1960s.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE NRA.
AND I VOTED FOR TRUMP.
I THINK TRUMP HAS BEEN THE WORST
PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD, SO 
I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
I THINK JOE BIDEN WILL BE A 
GREAT LEADER FOR THE UNITED 
STATES.
LIKE ME, ON THE DAY OF MY JUMP 
INTO GERMANY, I THINK JOE BIDEN 
CARES ABOUT DOING HIS PROPER 
DUTY FOR THE UNITED STATES, AND 
IF HE IS ELECTED, THAT'S WHAT HE
WILL DO.
♪♪ RISE UP 
♪♪ COME ON, RISE UP. 
>> THIS YEAR'S ELECTION IS VERY 
IMPORTANT.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION WE'VE HAD IN YEARS.
I RECOMMEND STRONGLY BASED ON 
THE DIVISION IN THIS COUNTRY 
CREATED BY OUR CURRENT 
PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, WE NEED
TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE THAT'S GOING TO 
BRING IT TOGETHER.
NOW LET ME JUST EXPLAIN 
SOMETHING.
I'VE BEEN A LONG STANDING 
REPUBLICAN FOR A LONG TIME, AND 
I'M TELLING YOU, YOU GOT TO VOTE
FOR JOE BIDEN.
YOU HAVE TO.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DEAL WITH 
THE TYPE OF PERSON WE HAVE IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE ANY LONGER.
SO IT IS UP TO YOU, AMERICA, AND
ME BECAUSE IN THIS ELECTION I'M 
VOTING FOR JOE.
I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE HE'S GOING 
TO HELP US BRING THIS COUNTRY 
TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN 
♪♪ RISE UP. 
>> MY NAME IS LAKISHA COLE.
I MET MY HUSBAND 20 YEARS AGO.
WE STARTED DATING WHILE I WAS IN
COLLEGE.
ONCE I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, 
WE ELOPED.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, HE 
DEPLOYED.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THE HARD 
WORK IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN IT?
>> WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 
SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT ACTUALLY 
TURNED INTO 11 MONTHS.
THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY TO 
PREPARE ME AS A NEW MILITARY 
SPOUSE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE 
STRESS. 
>> WHEN PEOPLE GET MARRIED, THEY
EXPECT TO GROW OLD WITH EACH 
OTHER.
WITH MULTIPLE COMBAT TOURS, 
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF ANY OF 
THOSE THINGS.
>> THERE IS JUST A LONG LAUNDRY 
LIST OF UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE 
HAVE TO JUGGLE. 
>> YOU KNOW, JOE HAS ALWAYS 
CARED ABOUT MILITARY FAMILIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
WHEN I WENT TO IRAQ, ONE OF THE 
GENERALS SAID, YOU KNOW, I WANT 
TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU.
IN HIS DAUGHTER'S CLASS, IT WAS 
A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, AND THEY 
WERE PLAYING THE AVA MARIA, AND 
ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS BURST 
INTO TEARS AND THE TEACHER RAN 
OVER AND SAID, WHAT'S THE 
MATTER?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
AND SHE SAID, THAT'S THE SONG 
THEY PLAYED AT MY DADDY'S 
FUNERAL.
HE DIED IN THE WAR.
THE TEACHER HAD NO IDEA THAT 
THAT LITTLE GIRL'S FATHER HAD 
FOUGHT IN THE WAR AND HAD DIED.
AND THAT NIGHT I SAID TO MY 
STAFF, I'M A TEACHER.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER TO HELP 
OUR MILITARY KIDS. 
>> THE BIDENS HAVE A TRACK 
RECORD OF HELPING MILITARY 
FAMILIES, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT 
WITH THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE 
WITH JOINING FORCES AND HOW THEY
WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RALLY A 
COUNTRY BEHIND US. 
>> MEN AND WOMEN WE SEND TO WAR 
TO DEFEND OUR NATION, CARE FOR 
THEIR FAMILIES WHILE THEY'RE 
GONE AND CARE FOR THEM AND THEIR
FAMILIES WHEN THEY COME HOME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> IT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME 
THAT I, AS A MILITARY SPOUSE, 
FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS LISTENING 
TO US AND SOMEONE CARED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SERVICE MEMBER
WHO SERVES.
THE ENTIRE FAMILY SERVES AS 
WELL.
JOE SAID, WE HAVE ONE SACRED 
OBLIGATION, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 
MEMBERS.
DURING THIS PANDEMIC FOR SURE, 
SO MANY VETERANS HAVE LOST THEIR
JOBS.
SO MANY MILITARY SPOUSES HAVE 
LOST THEIR JOBS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
WILL BE A PRIORITY IN A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL 
AMERICANS HAVE HEALTH CARE, 
EMPLOYMENT, THE THINGS THAT 
FAMILIES NEED TO THRIVE. 
>> WHEN PEOPLE SHOW YOU WHO THEY
ARE, BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST 
TIME.
AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO JOE IS.
HE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR 
AMERICA, NOT JUST FOR OUR 
FAMILY, BUT FOR ALL FAMILIES.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M TAMMY DUCTWORTH.
WHEN I FIRST ENLISTED IN THE 
ARMY I WAS EAGER TO SERVE MY 
COUNTRY.
BUT I EARNED MY WINGS AND LATER 
COMMANDED BY OWN AIR ASSAULT 
UNIT LEARNING THAT SERVING AND 
LEADING IN THE MILITARY IS BOTH 
A PRIVILEGE AND A SACRIFICE.
TO BE A COMMANDER, YOU MUST 
ALWAYS PUT YOUR TROOPS FIRST 
BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU MAY ORDER 
THEM TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR
OUR GREAT NATION.
TO DO THAT, LEADERS MUST COMMAND
THEIR TROOPS' RESPECT AND BE 
WORTHY OF THEIR PLEDGE TO 
PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR 
CONSTITUTION NO MATTER THE COST.
BUT MILITARY SERVICE DOESN'T 
JUST TAKE SACRIFICE FROM THOSE 
IN UNIFORM.
IT IS REQUIRED FROM THEIR 
FAMILIES, TOO.
MY HUSBAND BRIAN WAS THE ONE WHO
RUSHED TO WALTER REED I WAS 
WOUNDED IN IRAQ.
HE WAS THE ONE HOLDING MY HAND 
WAITING FOR ME TO WAKE UP.
AND WHEN I FINALLY DID, HE WAS 
MY ROCK, GETTING ME THROUGH 
THOSE HOURS, WEEKS, MONTHS OF 
UNSPEAKABLE PAIN AND UNENDING 
SURGERIES.
HE WAS MY ANCHOR AS I RE-LEARNED
TO WALK, HELPING ME THROUGH 
EVERY STEP AND EVERY STUMBLE.
OUR MILITARY SPOUSES HOLD THEIR 
FAMILIES TOGETHER, PRAYING FOR 
THEIR LOVED ONE'S SAFETY 
WHEREVER THEY ARE DEPLOYED AND 
SERVING AS CAREGIVERS TO OUR 
DISABLED SERVICE MEMBERS AND 
THEN PICKING UP THE PIECES AND 
STARTING AGAIN WHENEVER THE NEXT
TOUR OR THE NEXT WAR ARISES.
JOY BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THESE 
SACRIFICES BECAUSE HE'S MADE 
THEM HIMSELF.
WHEN HIS SON DEPLOYED TO IRAQ, 
HIS BURDEN WAS ALSO SHOULDERED 
BY HIS FAMILY.
JOE KNOWS THE FEAR MILITARY LIVE
BECAUSE HE'S FELT THAT DREAD OF 
NEVER KNOWING IF YOUR DEPLOYED 
LOVED ONE IS SAFE.
HE UNDERSTANDS THEIR BRAVELY 
BECAUSE HE HAS HAD TO MUSTER 
THAT SAME STRENGTH EVERY HOUR OF
EVERY DAY BEAU WAS OVERSEAS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADER OUR 
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE, ONE WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS THEY FACE 
AND WHO WOULD ACTUALLY PROTECT 
THEM BY DOING HIS JOB AS 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF WHO WON'T STAND UP TO 
VLADIMIR PUTIN, READ HIS DAILY 
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS OR EVEN 
PUBLICALLY ADMONISH ADVERSARIES 
FOR REPORTEDLY PUTTING BOUNTIES 
ON OUR TROOPS HEADS.
JOE BIDEN WOULD NEVER PERVERT 
OUR MILITARY TO STROKE HIS OWN 
EGO.
HE WOULD NEVER TURN HIS BACK ON 
OUR TROOPS OR THREATEN THEM 
AGAINST AMERICANS PEACEFULLY 
EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS.
JOE BIDEN WOULD STAND UP FOR 
WHAT'S RIGHT, STAND TALL FOR OUR
TROOPS AND STAND STRONG AGAINST 
OUR ENEMIES BECAUSE UNLIKE TRUMP
JOE BIDEN HAS COMMON DECENCY.
HE HAS COMMON SENSE.
HE CAN COMMAND BOTH FROM 
EXPERIENCE AND FROM STRENGTH.
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T DESERVE TO 
CALL HIMSELF COMMANDER IN CHIEF 
FOR ANOTHER FOUR MINUTEMINUTES, 
ALONE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
OUR TROOPS DESERVE BETTER.
IF YOU AGREE TEXT MORE TO 30330 
TO ELECT JOE BIDEN, A LEADER 
THAT ACTUALLY CARES ENOUGH ABOUT
AMERICA TO LEAD.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M BEAU BIDEN AND JOE BIDEN IS 
MY DAD.
>> SOME VOICES ARE NEVER 
SILENCED.
SOME WORK NEVER CEASES TO CHANGE
LIVES.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER STOP INSPIRING
EVEN AFTER THEY'RE GONE.
BEAU BIDEN WAS A HUSBAND, 
FATHER, BROTHER, SON, SOLDIER, 
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE WAS GIVEN JUST 46 YEARS ON 
THIS EARTH. 
>> HE DID IN 46 YEARS WHAT MOST 
OF US COULDN'T DO IN 146.
THINK ABOUT THE DAY THAT DAWNS 
FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE SAFER 
BECAUSE OF BEAU, WHOSE LIVES ARE
FULL BECAUSE OF HIM.
THINK ABOUT THE DAY THAT DAWNS 
FOR PARENTS WHO REST EASIER AND 
FAMILIES WHO ARE FREER BECAUSE 
OF HIM.
SOME FOLKS MAY NEVER KNOW THAT 
THEIR LIVES ARE BETTER BECAUSE 
OF BEAU BIDEN, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
CERTAINLY FOR BEAU, A CLAIM WAS 
NEVER THE POINT OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE. 
>> IF YOU KNOW HIM, YOU KNOW HE 
LIVED BY THE STRICTEST CODE OF 
HONOR, DUTY, SERVICE, COUNTRY.
YOU NEVER HAD TO ASK IF HE WOULD
DO SOMETHING THE RIGHT WAY.
HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY. 
>> BEAU DIDN'T CUT CORNERS.
HE TURNED DOWN AN APPOINTMENT TO
BE DELAWARE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL 
SO HE COULD WIN IT FAIR AND 
SQUARE.
WHEN THE FIELD WAS CLEARED FOR 
HIM TO RUN FOR SENATE, HE CHOSE 
TO FINISH HIS JOB AS AG INSTEAD.
AFTER 9/11, HE JOINED THE 
NATIONAL GUARD.
HE FELT IT WAS HIS OBLIGATION.
HE DID HIS DUTY TO HIS COUNTRY 
AND DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. 
>> BEAU BIDEN SERVED HIS COUNTRY
IN BATTLE.
HE PROSECUTED ONE OF THE WORST 
CHILD PREDATORS IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY.
EVERY DAY HE STILL INSPIRES THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> IT WON'T BE POSSIBLE FOR ME 
TO BE HERE THIS FALL, SO I HAVE 
SOMETHING TO ASK OF YOU.
BE THERE FOR MY DAD LIKE HE WAS 
FOR ME.
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, AND I WAS
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO 
CALLED ME WAS JOE.
HIS REAL WARMTH AND KINDNESS ON 
THAT CALL, MAN, I GOT TO SAY, IT
MADE ME CRY.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS MADE 
ME CRY, TOO, BUT IT'S NEVER HAD 
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS WARMTH 
OR KINDNESS.
JOE BIDEN'S EMPATHY IS GENUINE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT.
THAT'S WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA ASKED
JOE TO HEAD UP THE CANCER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA KNOWS WHAT WE 
ALL KNOW, JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS 
SUFFERING AND LOSS AND 
SACRIFICE.
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG ALSO KNOWS 
SOMETHING ABOUT SACRIFICE.
HE VOLUNTEERED AND WAS DEPLOYED 
TO AFGHANISTAN, THEN RETURNED 
HOME TO INDIANA TO BECOME A 
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVANT.
SAY HI TO MAYOR PETE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
BEAU BIDEN LIVED A LIFE OF 
SERVICE IN OFFICE AND IN 
UNIFORM.
WHEN YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE 
LINE FOR THIS COUNTRY, YOU DO IT
NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE COUNTRY YOU
LIVE IN BUT BECAUSE IT'S A 
COUNTRY YOU BELIEVE IN.
I BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AMERICA UNIQUELY HOLDS THE 
PROMISE OF A PLACE WHERE 
EVERYONE CAN BELONG.
WE KNOW THAT FOR TOO MANY AND 
FOR TOO LONG, THAT PROMISE HAS 
BEEN DENIED.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW AMERICA IS AT 
ITS BEST WHEN WE MAKE THAT 
CIRCLE OF BELONGING WIDER.
JUST OVER TEN YEARS AGO, I 
JOINED THE MILITARY WHERE FIRING
ME BECAUSE OF WHO I AM WASN'T 
JUST POSSIBLE, IT WAS POLICY.
NOW IN 2020 IT IS UNLAWFUL IN 
AMERICA TO FIRE SOMEONE BECAUSE 
OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY 
LOVE.
THE VERY RING ON MY FINGER, A 
WEDDING WE CELEBRATED HERE WHERE
I'M STANDING REFLECTS HOW THIS 
COUNTRY CAN CHANGE.
LOVE MAKES MY MARRIAGE REAL.
BUT POLITICAL COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE.
INCLUDING THAT OF JOE BIDEN, WHO
STEPPED OUT AHEAD EVEN OF THIS 
PARTY WHEN HE SAID THAT MARRIAGE
EQUALITY OUGHT TO BE THE LAW OF 
THE LAND.
THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.
BUT IF THIS MUCH CAN CHANGE 
BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, IMAGINE 
WHAT COULD CHANGE BETWEEN NOW 
AND 2030.
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD ACHIEVE, 
THIS COALITION WE ARE BUILDING 
THIS VERY SEASON, GATHERING 
PROGRESSIVES AND MODERATES, 
INDEPENDENTS AND EVEN WHAT I 
LIKE TO CALL FUTURE FORMER 
REPUBLICANS STANDING FOR AN 
AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.
JOE BIDEN IS RIGHT.
THIS IS A CONTEST FOR THE SOUL 
OF THE NATION.
AND TO ME, THAT CONTEST IS NOT 
BETWEEN GOOD AMERICANS AND EVIL 
AMERICANS.
IT IS THE STRUGGLE TO CALL OUT 
WHAT IS GOOD IN EVERY AMERICAN.
IT'S UP TO US.
WILL AMERICA BE A PLACE WHERE 
FAITH IS ABOUT HEALING AND NOT 
EXCLUSION?
CAN WE BECOME A COUNTRY THAT 
LIVES UP TO THE TRUTH THAT BLACK
LIVES MATTER?
WILL WE HANDLE QUESTIONS OF 
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE BY TURNING 
TO SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS?
WILL WE SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE 
WHO WORKS FULL-TIME CAN LIVE IN 
POVERTY?
I TRUST JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS TO GUIDE US TOWARD THAT 
BETTER FUTURE BECAUSE I HAVE 
SEEN UP CLOSE THEIR EMPATHY AND 
THEIR CAPACITY.
JUST AS I HAVE SEEN MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT 
AND INCLUDE ONE ANOTHER IN NEW 
WAYS AND DO BETTER BY THE 
PROMISE OF AMERICA.
THE DAY I WAS BORN, THE IDEA OF 
AN OUT CANDIDATE SEEKING ANY 
FEDERAL OFFICE AT ALL WAS 
LAUGHABLE.
YET, EARLIER THIS YEAR I 
CAMPAIGNED FOR THE PRESIDENCY, 
OFTEN WITH MY HUSBAND AT MY 
SIDE, WINNING DELEGATES TO THIS 
VERY CONVENTION.
NOW I COME TO THIS CONVENTION 
PROUDLY SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS.
JOINING FELLOW DEMOCRATS WHO 
WERE SQUARING OFF IN COMPETITION
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
A NUMBER OF US RECENTLY GOT 
TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE JOE 
WE KNOW.
>> HI.
I'M COREY BOOKER.
WELCOME TO EVERYBODY AT HOME.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO 
YOU A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT RAN 
IN THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY 
AGAINST JOE BIDEN.
YOU COULD THINK OF IT SORT OF 
LIKE SURVIVOR ON THE OUT 
INTERVIEWS OF ALL THE PEOPLE 
THAT GOT VOTED OFF THE ISLAND.
BERNIE, BERNIE, DON'T YOU LAUGH 
BECAUSE I GOT QUESTIONS FOR YOU 
LIKE WHY DOES MY GIRLFRIEND LIKE
YOU MORE THAN SHE LIKES ME?
>> BECAUSE I'M SMARTER THAN YOU 
AND THAT'S THE OBVIOUS ANSWER, 
RIGHT. 
>> SENATOR SANDERS AND SENATOR 
KLOBUCHAR YOU ACTUALLY SERVED 
WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE SENATE.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY 
MEMORIES OF WHAT HE WAS LIKE AS 
A COLLEAGUE IN THE SENATE?
>> WELL, I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT 
WHEN I WAS GIVING ONE OF THOSE 
FLOOR SPEECHES AND COREY YOU 
KNOW WHAT THIS IS LIKE, NO ONE 
WAS THERE.
NO ONE WAS WATCHING.
I WAS ALL ALONE, AND I GAVE MY 
SPEECH WITH MUCH VIGOR TO A 
COMPLETELY EMPTY CHAMBER AND I 
WALKED OUT OF THERE AND I 
WONDERED I WONDER IF MY MOM WAS 
EVEN WATCHING THIS ON C-SPAN.
AT THAT MOMENT THE CELL PHONE 
RINGS AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT, 
MAYBE MY MOM WAS WATCHING IT ON 
C-SPAN.
YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS?
IT WAS JOE BIDEN.
THAT GOES TO NOT ONLY HIS 
KINDNESS BUT AS TO HOW MUCH HE 
CARES ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT AND 
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND THAT 
EVEN WHEN HE'S AT HOME AT NIGHT 
HE'S WATCHING AND HE CARES. 
>> BUT, AMY, WE ALL WANT TO KNOW
IF YOUR MOTHER WATCHED THE 
SPEECH. 
>> I KNOW.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE STEAK FRY
WHEN WE WERE WAITING TO GO ON?
IT WORKED OUT TO WHERE I WAS 
THERE AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS, 
AND HE PULLED ME ASIDE AT ONE 
POINT AND HE POINTED TO SOMEBODY
WHO WE BOTH KNEW WHO WAS WORKING
ON MY CAMPAIGN, BUT HE'D KNOWN 
FROM BEFORE AND LET ME KNOW THAT
THAT WAS SOMEBODY WHO HAD GONE 
THROUGH A FAMILY TRAGEDY THAT 
JOE SOMEHOW KNEW ABOUT AND JUST 
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME 
TO KNOW THAT ABOUT SOMEONE WHO 
WAS WORKING WITH ME.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME I
REALIZED THAT IT'S JUST BASIC TO
WHO HE IS BUT THAT ALWAYS STUCK 
WITH ME. 
>> ELIZABETH, DO YOU HAVE ANY 
REMEMBRANCES AS WELL?
>> I THINK THE DAY I SAW JOE THE
CLEAREST WAS ON THE ONE-YEAR 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON 
MARATHON BOMBING AND EVERYONE OF
COURSE WAS ENORMOUSLY HONORED TO
HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT HERE.
BUT AT SOME POINT IN THAT 
SPEECH, HE SHIFTED TO THE PARENT
WHO HAD LOST A CHILD, TO THE MAN
WHO HAD LOST LIFE, TO SOMEONE 
WHO HAD EXPERIENCED LOSS VERY 
PERSONALLY AND HE SPOKE TO EACH 
OF THE FAMILIES FROM THE HEART. 
>> THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
I WANT TO ASK WHAT GETS YOU 
EXCITED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF THE 
INCLUSION OF BIG IDEAS FROM ALL 
OVER THE PARTY INTO THE FUTURE, 
INTO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION?
>> THE MAGIC OF JOE BIDEN IS 
THAT EVERYTHING HE DOES BECOMES 
THE FEW REASONABLE.
IF HE COMES WITH AN AMBITIOUS 
PLAN TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, 
ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE IS 
GOING TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
YOU CAN SEE WITH HIM CHOOSING 
KAMALA, TOO, HE WANTS TO BUILD 
THE BEST TEAM.
LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO 
REBUILD THIS COUNTRY. 
>> I'M SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR 
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW DESPITE DARK 
DAYS FOR A LOT OF OUR AMERICANS 
IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF WHAT 
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING RIGHT 
NOW.
AFTER THE MURDER OF AHMAUD 
ARBERY, BREONNA TAYLOR AND 
GEORGE FLOYD, YOUNG PEOPLE LED 
THESE PROTESTS IN THE TRADITION 
OF JOHN LEWIS.
MY OPTIMISM AND MY FAITH IN THIS
COUNTRY IS REFLECTED IN THOSE 
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WAY THAT 
JOE AND KAMALA ARE LISTENING TO 
THEM AND INCORPORATING THEIR 
IDEAS AND THEIR URGENCY IN THE 
CAMPAIGN THAT THEY'RE RUNNING 
AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD. 
>> SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T 
KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE OR
NOT ARE SAYING THAT FROM A POINT
OF PRIVILEGE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS
DON'T HAVE.
MAYBE IT IS NOT A LIFE OR DEATH 
ISSUE FOR YOU, BUT WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> COREY, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS 
THAT THIS IS CLEARLY THE MOST 
IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE MODERN
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND JOE BIDEN, YOU HAVE A HUMAN 
BEING WHO IS EMPATHETIC, WHO IS 
HONEST, WHO IS DECENT.
AND AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, MY GOD, THAT 
IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNTRY 
ABSOLUTELY NEEDS.
AND ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU ARE 
PROGRESSIVES, WHETHER YOU ARE 
MODERATES OR CONSERVATIVES, HAVE
GOT TO COME TOGETHER TO DEFEAT 
THIS PRESIDENT. 
>> THANKS FOR THAT, BERNIE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR 
JOINING US FOR THIS SEGMENT.
I MEAN THIS SINCERELY.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO RUN AGAINST 
YOU.
IT IS AN EVEN GREATER HONOR TO 
STAND WITH YOU IN SUPPORT OF JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN POLITICS.
I HAVE SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS.
HELL, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A 
DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN AND 
INDEPENDENT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE.
AND THE TWO PEOPLE RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT COULDN'T BE MORE 
DIFFERENT.
ONE BELIEVES IN FACTS.
ONE DOES NOT.
ONE LISTENS TO EXPERTS.
THE OTHER THINKS HE KNOWS 
EVERYTHING.
ONE LOOKS FORWARD AND SEES 
STRENGTH IN AMERICA'S DIVERSITY.
THE OTHER LOOKS BACKWARDS AND 
SEES IMMIGRANTS AS ENEMIES AND 
WHITE SUPREMACISTS AS ALLIES.
HERE IS ANOTHER DIFFERENCE.
ONE HAS PROVEN HE KNOWS HOW TO 
HANDLE A CRISIS BY HELPING TO 
LEAD THE ECONOMIC TURN-AROUND 
AFTER THE 2008 RECESSION WHILE 
THE OTHER HAS NOT ONLY FAILED TO
LEAD, HE HAS MADE THE CURRENT 
CRISIS MUCH WORSE.
WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE BIGGEST
CALAMITY ANY PRESIDENT HAS FACED
IN THE MODERN ERA, DONALD TRUMP 
SPENT THE YEAR DOWN PLAYING THE 
THREAT, IGNORING SCIENCE AND 
RECOMMENDING QUAKE CURES WHICH 
LET COVID-19 SPREAD MUCH FASTER 
THAN IT SHOULD HAVE, LEAVING 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS NEEDLESSLY
SICK OR DEAD.
HE HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE CAT STROFICALLY.
I SAID NEW YORKERS KNOW A CON 
WHEN WE SEE ONE.
BUT TONIGHT I'M NOT ASKING YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP 
BECAUSE HE'S A BAD GUY.
I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST 
HIM BECAUSE HE'S DONE A BAD JOB.
TODAY, UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT 
HISTORIC HIGHS AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING JUST 
TO SURVIVE.
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
BEFORE I RAN FOR MAYOR, I SPENT 
20 YEARS RUNNING A BUSINESS I 
STARTED FROM SCRATCH, SO I WANT 
TO ASK SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND
THEIR EMPLOYEES ONE QUESTION.
AND IT'S A QUESTION FOR 
EVERYONE.
WOULD YOU RE-HIRE OR WORK FOR 
SOMEONE WHO RAN YOUR BUSINESS 
INTO THE GROUND?
AND WHO ALWAYS DOES WHAT'S BEST 
FOR HIM OR HER EVEN WHEN IT 
HURTS THE COMPANY?
AND WHOSE RECKLESS DECISIONS PUT
YOU IN DANGER?
AND WHO SPENDS MORE TIME 
TWEETING THAN WORKING?
IF THE ANSWER IS NO, WHY THE 
HELL WOULD WE EVER RE-HIRE 
DONALD TRUMP FOR ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS?
TRUMP SAYS WE SHOULD VOTE FOR 
HIM BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT 
BUSINESSMAN.
REALLY?
HE DROVE HIS COMPANIES INTO 
BANKRUPTCY SIX TIMES, ALWAYS 
LEAVING BEHIND CUSTOMERS AND 
CONTRACTORS.
THIS TIME ALL OF US ARE PAYING 
THE PRICE, AND WE CAN'T LET HIM 
GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN.
DONALD SAYS WE SHOULD VOTE FOR 
HIM BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS 
GREAT BEFORE THE VIRUS.
HUH?
BIDEN AND OBAMA CREATED MORE 
JOBS OVER THEIR LAST THREE YEARS
THAN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
DID OVER THEIR FIRST THREE.
AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WAS HIGHER 
UNDER BIDEN AND OBAMA THAN UNDER
TRUMP.
IN FACT, WHILE BIDEN HELPED SAVE
ONE MILLION AUTO INDUSTRY JOBS, 
TRUMP HAS LOST 250,000 
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
SO WHEN TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO 
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, HE'S 
MAKING A PRETTY GOOD CASE FOR 
JOE BIDEN.
LOOK, OUR GOAL SHOULDN'T BE TO 
BRING BACK THE PANDEMIC ECONOMY.
IT SHOULD BE, AS JOE SAYS, TO 
BUILD IT BACK BETTER.
JOE'S ECONOMIC PLAN WILL CREATE 
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS THAT HELP 
FIGHT ANOTHER CRISIS THAT TRUMP 
IS IGNORING, CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND JOE WILL REBUILD OUR 
CRUMBLING ROADS AND BRIDGES, 
SOMETHING TRUMP HAS INCESSANTLY 
TALKED ABOUT DOING.
BUT IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF
YEARS, HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING.
WHAT A JOKE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE 
SECRET.
DONALD TRUMP'S ECONOMIC PLAN WAS
TO GIVE A HUGE TAX CUT TO GUYS 
LIKE ME WHO DIDN'T NEED IT AND 
THEN LIE ABOUT IT TO EVERYONE 
ELSE.
WELL, JOE WILL ROLL BACK THAT 
TAX CUT THAT I GOT SO WE CAN 
FUND THINGS OUR WHOLE COUNTRY 
NEEDS, LIKE TRAINING FOR ADULTS 
WHO HAVE LOST JOBS AND MAKING 
COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE AND 
INVESTING IN AMERICAN RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE 
PRODUCTS OF TOMORROW ARE MADE 
TODAY BY AMERICAN WORKERS.
YOU KNOW, GROWING UP I WAS 
TAUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT AMERICA 
IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE 
WORLD, NOT BECAUSE WE WON THE 
SECOND WORLD WAR BUT BECAUSE OF 
WHY WE FOUGHT IT, FOR FREEDOM, 
DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY.
MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD BOOK WAS 
CALLED JOHNNY TREMENDOUS MAIN, 
ABOUT A BOSTON BOY THAT JOINS 
THE SONS OF LIBERTY.
AT THE END OF THE BOOK, JOHNNY 
STANDS ON LEXINGTON COMMONS AND 
SEES A NATION THAT IS, QUOTE, 
GREEN WITH SPRING DREAMING OF 
THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE AMERICA I KNOW AND 
LOVE.
AND THAT'S THE AMERICA WE ARE IN
DANGER OF LOSING UNDER THIS 
PRESIDENT.
SO LET'S PUT AN END TO THIS 
WHOLE SORRY CHAPTER IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND ELECT LEADERS WHO 
WILL BRING INTEGRITY AND 
STABILITY, SANITY AND COMPETENCE
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOE AND KAMALA, GO GET HIM FOR 
ALL OF US.
>> WE CAN HELP YOU FIND THE BEST
AND SAFEST WAY TO VOTE IN YOUR 
STATE.
SIMPLY TEXT VOTE TO 30330 TO 
LEARN MORE.
30330.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT HARD TO 
REMEMBER.
WATCH.
PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV, 
30330.
ANYONE CAN DO IT.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU NOW TO A
YOUNG MAN WHO VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN MET EARLIER THIS YEAR IN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND HELPED TO FIND
HIS VOICE.
SAY HELLO TO BRADEN HARRINGTON.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS BRADEN HARRINGTON AND
I'M 13 YEARS OLD.
AND WITHOUT JOE BIDEN I WOULDN'T
BE TALKING TO YOU TODAY.
ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO I MET HIM
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE TOLD ME THAT WE WERE MEMBERS 
OF THE SAME CLUB.
WE STUTTER.
IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO HEAR 
THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME BECAME VICE
PRESIDENT.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT A BOOK OF POEMS
BY YATES HE WOULD READ OUT LOUD 
TO PRACTICE.
HE SHOWS ME HOW HE MARKS 
ADDRESSES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO 
SAY OUT LOUD.
SO I DID THE SAME TODAY.
AND NOW I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU 
TODAY ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT 
OUR FUTURE.
MY FAMILY OFTEN SAYS WHEN THE 
WORLD FEELS BETTER BEFORE 
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NORMAL 
LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIES, WE ALL
WANT THE WORLD TO FEEL BETTER.
WE NEED THE WORLD TO FEEL 
BETTER.
I'M JUST A REGULAR KID, AND IN 
THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, JOE 
BIDEN MADE ME FEEL MORE 
CONFIDENT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S
BOTHERED ME MY WHOLE LIFE.
JOE BIDEN CARED.
IMAGINE WHAT HE COULD DO FOR ALL
OF US.
KIDS LIKE ME ARE COUNTING ON YOU
TO ELECT SOMEONE WE CAN ALL LOOK
UP TO, SOMEONE WHO CARES, 
SOMEONE WHO WILL MAKE OUR 
COUNTRY AND THE WORLD FEEL 
BETTER.
WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN.
♪♪ RISE UP 
♪♪ COME ON, RISE UP. 
>> THE FIRST TIME I MET JOE, I 
WAS AT MY SYNAGOGUE.
AND I HAD TO DO A FUNERAL 
SERVICE AND A SHIVAH.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE SERVICE, 
THIS PERSON COMES UP AND THIS 
PERSON WHO WAS MUCH YOUNGER 
WALKED IN THE ROOM.
IT WAS OUR U.S. SENATOR, JOE 
BIDEN.
HE WAS JUST VERY RESPECTFUL AND 
HE STAYED IN THE BACK.
HIS HEAD WAS BOWED IN REVERENCE.
I SAID, SENATOR BIDEN, WHY ARE 
YOU HERE?
WHAT HE SAID WAS SO LOVELY.
HE SAID THIS DEAR LADY GAVE $18 
TO MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE VERY 
FIRST TIME I STARTED IN 1972.
SO HE WANTED TO SHOW HIS 
RESPECTS BY SAYING THANK YOU.
AND THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
♪♪ RISE UP. 
>> I THINK YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE 
THOUGHT WE WERE SMALLER.
>> GRANDDAUGHTER INTERVIEW TAKE 
ONE. 
>> NO, NO.
THIS IS GOOD. 
>> OKAY.
>> SO WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT YOUR 
GRANDFATHER?
>> HE'S ALWAYS EATING ICE CREAM.
USUALLY IT IS LIKE VANILLA. 
>> WITH CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES. 
>> VANILLA ON A REGULAR NIGHT. 
>> NO, NO CHOCOLATE CHIP. 
>> THE BREYERS THAT HAVE HALF 
CHOCOLATE, HALF VANILLA. 
>> HE EATS IT IN THE FREEZER SO 
THAT MY GRANDMA DOESN'T SEE. 
>> HE LIKE HIDES IT. 
>> HOW OFTEN DOES HE CALL YOU?
>> LIKE EVERY DAY. 
>> YEAH, EVERY DAY. 
>> LIKE IF WE DON'T TALK TO HIM 
FOR A DAY, HE'LL ASK WHAT'S 
WRONG. 
>> YEAH.
>> HE ALWAYS CALLS WITH THE SAME
ENERGY EVEN AFTER HE'S JUST DONE
15 INTERVIEWS IN A ROW. 
>> HI, POP.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU. 
>> I DON'T NECESSARILY PICK UP 
EVERY DAY.
BUT I HAVE A LOT OF VOICE MAILS.
>> HE WILL PICK UP OUR CALLS NO 
MATTER WHERE HE IS.
HE'D BE LIKE ON STAGE GIVING A 
SPEECH AND WE'D CALL HIM AND 
HE'D BE LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG?
IS EVERYTHING GOOD?
>> WHAT DOES THE WORD "FAMILY" 
MEAN TO YOU?
>> IT IS A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.
IT IS LIKE, WE'VE GROWN UP 
TOGETHER.
HE'S MADE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE
TRADITION, EVERY HOLIDAY WE'RE 
ALTOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN 
ANY DECISION NO MATTER HOW BIG 
OR SMALL THAT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED
AS A FAMILY.
>> POP TOLD US THAT THIS 
ELECTION WOULD BE TOTALLY 
DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER 
ELECTION EVER.
HE WAS WORRIED HOW IT WOULD 
AFFECT HIS KIDS. 
>> WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO 
GO THROUGH ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AND 
BE SCRUTINIZED BY THE PRESS. 
>> THERE HAD BEEN TALKS OF A BIG
MEETING COMING. 
>> IT'S NORMALLY CALLED BY THE 
PARENTS, I WOULD SAY.
BUT THIS TIME IT WAS CALLED BY 
ME. 
>> I CAME DOWN FROM PEN AND SHE 
CAME UP FROM D.C.
HE THOUGHT WE WERE CALLING A 
MEETING SORT OF TO DISCUSS 
WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED HIM TO 
BUT REALLY WE WERE CALLING IT TO
BE LIKE, GET IN THAT RACE RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> WE JUST KNEW THAT HE HAD TO 
RUN AND WE WEREN'T GOING TO TAKE
NO AS AN ANSWER.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, I 
THINK WE'RE ALL VERY HAPPY WE 
HAD THAT MEETING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WHEN YOU GET BACK THERE, 
GIVE ME A CALL AND TELL ME HOW 
THE WHOLE THING WENT.
I LOVE YOU, BABY. 
>> I LOVE YOU, TOO. 
>> WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR 
KIDS LIVE IN A NATION THAT IS 
SAFE, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FAIR 
AND SO THIS ELECTION. 
>> WE'RE VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN.
LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH 
THESE KIDS. 
>> LET'S DO IT.
SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN, SHALL 
WE. 
>> WHAT DOES JUMP IN MEAN?
>> OH, BOY.
>> MOMMY, I CAN'T BE QUIET.
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE QUIET.
YOU DESERVE TO SPEAK AND SAY 
WHATEVER IT IS THAT COMES TO 
YOUR MIND IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> EVERY ELECTION IS IMPORTANT.
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION IS 
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, 
ONE, THE SOCIAL INJUSTICES RIGHT
NOW, RACIAL INEQUALITY, BUT ALSO
BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN. 
>> EXCUSE ME, MOMMY?
>> YES. 
>> I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
>> OKAY. 
>> YOU WANT TO GO RIGHT NOW?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT LIVES?
>> IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> WASHINGTON, D.C. 
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S JOB IS?
>> TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 
WORLD. 
>> THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE. 
>> THAT IS CORRECT, AS WE SAY.
THAT IS CORRECT. 
>> CORRECT!
>> IF YOU COULD CREATE THE IDEAL
PERSON TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY, 
WHAT CHARACTERISTICS WOULD THAT 
PERSON HAVE?
>> A VERY KIND PERSONALITY. 
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE 
TAKEN CARE OF?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM 
TAKING CARE OF THE EARTH AND THE
PEOPLE. 
>> SO, GIRLS, IS 2020 AND THE 
ELECTION IS COMING UP IN 
NOVEMBER, DO YOU KNOW WHO IS 
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
>> JOE BIDEN. 
>> YEAH. 
>> AND -- 
>> EXACTLY.
THAT'S IT.
THIS VIDEO IS OVER. 
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU 
KNEW THAT JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO
HAVE A WOMAN AS HIS VICE 
PRESIDENT?
>> SURPRISED AND LIKE HAPPY. 
>> WHY?
>> THERE IS LIKE NOT A LOT OF 
WOMEN LIKE BEING PRESIDENT AND 
HELPING ALONGSIDE THE PRESIDENT.
>> UH-HUH.
HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK YOUR 
FAITH IS IN THE WAY THAT YOU 
LIVE YOUR LIFE?
>> REALLY BIG BECAUSE I'M 
GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT
I HAVE AND THAT I LOVE MY 
FAMILY. 
>> AND WITH THAT SAID, EVERYONE,
WE REALLY THANK YOU, ONE, FOR 
LISTENING TO THIS VERY CANDID 
CONVERSATION WITH OUR DAUGHTERS 
AND WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE 
YOU TO TRULY DO YOUR RESEARCH 
AND THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN HOMES 
AND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE 
PROJECTED OUT INTO THE WORLD IN 
THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS MAKING 
SURE THAT YOU VOTE THIS ELECTION
FOR BIDEN.
>> WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE VOTE.
EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
JUST REMEMBER THAT.
ARE YOU GOING TO DANCE OUT?
>> HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION.
HOW MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY
ARE YOU WILLING TO DEVOTE TO 
ELECT JOE BIDEN?
HERE'S MY ANSWER.
I'M GOING ALL IN.
LOOK, ELECTIONS CAN BREAK YOUR 
HEART.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN MAKE YOU 
SING FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOPS, AND
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SING.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO ELECT A
PRESIDENT WHO'S HONEST, 
EXPERIENCED AND INTELLIGENT, A 
PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES 
IN THE RULE OF LAW, WHO WILL 
RESTORE DIGNITY AND NORMALCY TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SOUL OF 
THIS NATION.
AND, BOY, WON'T THAT BE 
SOMETHING?
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS JOE 
BIDEN SAYS IS THAT YOU CAN 
SUCCEED IN LIFE WITHOUT 
SACRIFICING YOUR IDEALS OUR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO FAMILY.
SO WHO BETTER TO INTRODUCE OUR 
NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN, THAN HIS 
CHILDREN. 
>> I'M HUNTER BIDEN. 
>> AND I'M ASHLEY BIDEN. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS OUR DAD. 
>> AND BEAU IS OUR BROTHER. 
>> WE WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT KIND
OF PRESIDENT OUR DAD WILL BE. 
>> HE WILL BE TOUGH. 
>> AND HONEST. 
>> CARING AND PRINCIPLED. 
>> HE'LL LISTEN.
HE WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU NEED 
HIM. 
>> HE'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH EVEN
WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. 
>> HE'LL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. 
>> HE'LL BE ROCK STEADY. 
>> THE STRONGEST SHOULDER YOU 
CAN EVER LEAN ON. 
>> HE'LL BEAM WITH PRIDE EVERY 
TIME YOU SUCCEED. 
>> HE'LL MAKE YOUR GRANDKIDS 
FEEL THAT WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO 
SAY MATTERS. 
>> HE'LL TREAT EVERYONE WITH 
RESPECT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. 
>> HE'LL GET UP NO MATTER HOW 
MANY TIMES HE'S BEEN KNOCKED 
DOWN. 
>> HE'LL BE THE WORST ENEMY ANY 
BULLY EVER SAW. 
>> HE'LL BE THE BEST FRIEND YOU 
HAVE EVER HAD. 
>> HE'LL LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF 
HIS HEART. 
>> AND IF YOU GIVE HIM YOUR CELL
PHONE NUMBER. 
>> HE'S GOING TO CALL IT. 
>> HOW DO WE KNOW?
>> BECAUSE HE'S BEEN THAT WAY 
OUR WHOLE LIVES. 
>> HE'S BEEN A GREAT FATHER. 
>> AND WE THINK HE'LL BE A GREAT
PRESIDENT. 
>> BEAU ISN'T WITH US ANY 
LONGER. 
>> BUT HE IS STILL VERY MUCH 
ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND WE CAN 
STILL HEAR HIS STRONG VOICE. 
>> JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. 
>> JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. 
>> IN 2008 AND 2012, HE 
INTRODUCED OUR DAD AT THOSE 
CONVENTIONS. 
>> AND IF HE WAS HERE, WE'RE 
PRETTY SURE WE'D KNOW WHAT HE'D 
SAY.
>> SO BEFORE WE SHOW YOU A FILM 
ABOUT OUR DAD'S JOURNEY, WE 
WANTED TO GIVE BEAU THE LAST 
WORD. 
>> TAKE IT AWAY.
>> IN MOMENTS BOTH PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE, HE'S THE FATHER I HAVE 
ALWAYS KNOWN, THE GRANDFATHER MY
CHILDREN LOVE AND ADORE, MY 
FATHER, MY HERO, JOE BIDEN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN TURNED 
UPSIDE DOWN, SHATTERED AND 
SHAKEN.
BUT THE AMERICAN STORY HAS HAD 
MOMENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE.
AND HE WAS THERE ANSWERING THE 
CALL.
>> WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE IN 
2009, WE WERE GOING THROUGH WHAT
WAS THEN THE WORST FINANCIAL AND
ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION.
THE. 
>> THE ECONOMY WAS HEMORRHAGING 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS A 
WEEK.
PEOPLE WERE LOSING THEIR HOMES 
TO FORECLOSURE.
THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM WAS IN 
TATTERS.
AUTO SALES HAD DROPPED NEAR ZERO
LEVELS. 
>> THE AUTO COMPANIES BASED 
BANKRUPTCY.
AND MANY SAID, LET THEM FAIL.
BUT JOE REMEMBERED HIS FATHER 
AND WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE A JOB.
THE FINNEGANS AND BIDENS WERE 
IRISH CATHOLIC.
JOE WAS THEIR FIRST.
AND THEN HIS SISTER VALERIE.
>> FROM THE MOMENT I OPENED MY 
EYES, MY BIG BROTHER WAS THERE.
THE THING THAT WAS MOST 
IMPORTANT WAS FAMILY AND FAMILY 
AND FAMILY.
>> JOE'S FATHER STRUGGLED TO 
FIND WORK IN SCRANTON.
BUT 140 MILES SOUTH, THERE WAS A
JOB CLEANING BOILERS IN WHEN I 
WILL.
>> THERE WAS A LONG STAIRWAY UP 
TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
DAD WENT UP TO JOEY IN OUR 
BEDROOM AND SAID, JOEY, YOU GOT 
TO BE A BIG BOY. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, JOE SAW 
THE HEAVY BURDEN ON A FATHER, 
AND IT WAS A LESSON HE WOULD 
NEVER FORGET. 
>> THE JOB IS A LOT MORE THAN A 
PAYCHECK.
IT IS ABOUT DIGNITY.
>> THE COUNTRY WAS LOSING TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS A DAY.
AND THEY NEEDED THREE VOTES TO 
PASS THE ECONOMIC RESCUE 
PACKAGE. 
>> JOE BIDEN WAS HANDED THE TASK
OF GOING TO GET THOSE REPUBLICAN
VOTES. 
>> JOE RETURNED TO THE PLACE 
WHERE HE HAD BEEN SO EFFECTIVE. 
>> PASSIONATE ARGUMENT, A 
SYMPATHETIC LISTENER, 
WILLINGNESS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS 
AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO BRING 
PEOPLE ONBOARD. 
>> WHEN THE LAW FINALLY PASSED, 
THE PRESIDENT TAPPED HIS PARTNER
TO RUN THE PROGRAM.
JOE TRACKED EVERY DOLLAR, 
CALLING MAYORS AND GOVERNORS. 
>> I TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE 
ONE-ON-ONE.
HE GAVE ALL OF THEM HIS CELL 
PHONE. 
>> I WATCHED HIM BRING HIS HEART
TO THAT JOB.
IT MATTERS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
MIND THE FAMILY THAT YOU ARE 
TRYING TO REACH, THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU ARE TRYING
TO REACH, THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES
ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT YOU DO. 
>> THE SKILLS THAT HAD MADE HIM 
SO EFFECTIVE HAVE NOT COME EASY.
WHEN HE ENTERED SCHOOL, THERE 
WAS A PROBLEM.
JOE HAD A STUTTER.
>> AND IT'S MORTIFYING.
IT ALLOWING THAT CHILD TO BECOME
AN OBJECT OF RIDICULE. 
>> WHEN HIS TEACHER MIMICS HIM 
AND JOE RAN HOME FROM SCHOOL, 
HIS MOTHER DROVE HIM BACK.
MY MOTHER STOOD UP, ALL 5'2" OF 
HER.
IF YOU EVER TALK TO MY SON LIKE 
THAT AGAIN, I'LL COME BACK AND 
RIP THAT DAMN BONNET OFF YOUR 
HEAD.
JOEY, GO BACK TO CLASS.
SOME LETTERS ARE HARDER THAN 
OTHERS.
I USED TO GET UP AT NIGHT AND GO
STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR 
WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND PRACTICE.
SHE'D MAKE ME LOOK HER IN THE 
EYE, LOOK AT ME.
REMEMBER, JOEY, YOU ARE THE 
SMARTEST BOY IN THAT CLASS.
NOBODY IS BETTER THAN YOU, JOEY.
FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH 
STUTTERING, IT GAVE ME INSIGHT 
INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S PAIN, OTHER 
PEOPLE'S SUFFERING. 
>> AT 19, JOE SOUGHT OUT A 
SUMMER JOB THAT FEW OF HIS PEERS
CONSIDERED TAKING. 
>> HE WAS A LIFE GUARD ALONG 
WITH THE BLACK LIFE GUARDS.
THAT'S WHEN I FIRST SEEN JOE.
AND WE BECAME FRIENDS. 
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
I HAVE EVER DONE BECAUSE IT GAVE
ME A SENSE THAT REALLY DIDN'T 
KNOW ONE ANOTHER. 
>> AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
WAS ASSASSINATED, RIOTS BROKE 
OUT AND THE NATIONAL GUARD 
STAYED FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
>> I QUIT THE LAW FIRM AND ASKED
FOR A JOB TO BECOME A PUBLIC 
DEFENDER.
THAT'S WHAT SORT OF GOT ME 
INVOLVED IN POLITICS. 
>> A POPULAR WAR HERO IN A 
SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN STATE AND FEW
TOOK JOE'S CAMPAIGN SERIOUSLY.
IN DELAWARE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WAS NONFUNCTIONAL.
WHEN IT GOT TIME TO PUT UP A 
CANDIDATE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO 
TOUCH HIM.
THIS YOUNG UPSTAR, JOE BIDEN, 
WHO HAD A LOT OF IDEAS AND NO 
MONEY, NO INFLUENCE, THE PARTY 
SAID, OKAY, WELL THEN GO AHEAD, 
BIDEN, GIVE IT A WHIRL. 
>> THAT'S ALL I CAN ASK.
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COFFEE 
AND WE COME OUT OF THAT, WE HAD 
FIVE MORE COFFEES.
HE WAS VERY ARTICULATE ON 
ISSUES.
HE BROUGHT PEOPLE TO SAY NOT 
JUST I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE 
DOING, BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO 
HELP?
>> DELAWARE IS THE FIRST STATE.
BOGGS IS THE INCUMBENT, 
CHALLENGED BY BIDEN.
BIDEN IS A DEMOCRAT WHO IS 29 
YEARS OF AGE.
BUT EXHILARATION SOON TURNED TO 
TRAGEDY.
>> IT WAS CLEAR HE HAD DECIDED 
THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE A 
SENATOR, THAT THE BOYS NEED ME 
TOO MUCH. 
>> I WAS PREPARED TO WALK AWAY 
IN 1973.
AND THEN LIKE TED KENNEDY AND 
FRITZ HOLINGS, DAN OWEN, THEY 
CONVINCED ME TO STAY, TO STAY 
SIX MONTHS, JOE.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
TO STAY SIX MONTHS. 
>> HE COULDN'T ALLOW THE 
SUFFERING TO DEBILITATE HIM.
JUST LIKE HE COULDN'T ALLOW THE 
STUTTERING TO DEFINE HIM.
THAT'S THE BACKBONE.
THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN 
JOE'S SUFFERING.
>> THE SENATE TURNED OUT TO BE A
WONDERFUL PLACE FOR HIM.
HE HAD A REAL GIFT FOR BRINGING 
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> THE THREE OF THEM HAD A BOND 
THAT WAS FORGED IN SORROW AND 
EXPANDED INTO JOY WHEN JILL 
ENTERED.
THEY HAD BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL 
FAMILY, THIS CIRCLE OF TRUST.
AND THEN THE EXTRA GIFT OF 
ASHLEY.
GROWING UP IT WAS FULL OF 
ADVENTURE, LAUGHTER. 
>> WE DO EVERYTHING AS A FAMILY,
AND WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE 
EVERYTHING AS A FAMILY. 
>> HE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD, LOVING 
FATHER.
I MEAN, THERE IS NOTHING MORE 
IMPORTANT TO JOE THAN HIS 
CHILDREN.
>> IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW 
EVER PRESENT HE WAS IN OUR 
LIVES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT MY 
DAD BELIEVES.
THE GREAT BENEFIT OF BEING MY 
FATHER IS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE 
TO CONTORT HIMSELF INTO 
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT 
TIMES.
BEAU WAS GOING TO DO FINE 
THINGS.
HE HAD IT ALL.
AND THEN HE GOT SICK.
AND THE WHOLE WORLD TILTED AND 
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ALL FALLING
OFF. 
>> ONCE AGAIN, JOE FACED THE 
UNIMAGINABLE.
>> MY MOTHER, SHE SAID BRAVERY 
RESIDES IN EVERY HEART.
AND SOME DAY IT WILL BE 
SUMMONED.
>> THE WAY HE SURVIVED LOSING MY
MOM AND MY SISTER AND THEN 
LOSING MY BROTHER IS 
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE PURPOSE. 
>> EVERY DAY I GET UP AND I ASK 
MYSELF, I HOPE HE'S PROUD OF ME 
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME 
MOVE ON.
>> FROM HIS TIME IN THE SENATE 
AND THEN THE WHITE HOUSE JOE 
ALWAYS FOUND A WAY FORWARD, 
FORGING UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS AND
ALLIANCES AND TIME AFTER TIME HE
MADE PROGRESS POSSIBLE.
AND ALWAYS HOLDING IN HIS HEART 
THE STRUGGLES OF HIS FAMILY AND 
EVERY FAMILY.
ALWAYS FIGHTING TO MAKE HIS 
COUNTRY WHOLE. 
>> IT'S A VERY RARE QUALITY TO 
BRING YOUR EMPATHY SKILLS TO THE
PROCESS OF GOVERNING.
JOE BIDEN NEVER FORGETS THAT.
THAT'S THE POINT OF MOVING THE 
WHEELS OF GOVERNING.
>> HE WILL KEEP HIS WORD.
HE WILL REACH OUT AND HEAR WHAT 
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. 
>> TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES
IN WHAT'S BEST IN US, SOMEBODY 
LIKE JOE BIDEN WHO ACTUALLY 
BELIEVES IN THE AMERICAN IDEA, 
THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON WHO I 
WANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
ELLA BAKER, A GIANT OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT LEFT US WITH 
THIS WISDOM: GIVE PEOPLE LIGHT 
AND THEY WILL FIND THE WAY.
GIVE PEOPLE LIGHT.
THOSE ARE WORDS FOR OUR TIME.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS 
CLOAKED AMERICA IN DARKNESS FOR 
MUCH TOO LONG.
TOO MUCH ANGER, TOO MUCH FEAR, 
TOO MUCH DIVISION.
HERE AND NOW I GIVE YOU MY WORD.
IF YOU ENTRUST ME WITH THE 
PRESIDENCY, I WILL DRAW ON THE 
BEST OF US, NOT THE WORST.
I WILL BE AN ALLY OF THE LIGHT, 
NOT THE DARKNESS.
IT IS TIME FOR US, FOR WE, THE 
PEOPLE, TO COME TOGETHER.
AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, UNITED WE 
CAN AND WILL OVERCOME THIS 
SEASON OF DARKNESS IN AMERICA.
WE WILL CHOOSE HOPE OVER FEAR, 
FACTS OVER FICTION, FAIRNESS 
OVER PRIVILEGE.
I'M A PROUD DEMOCRAT AND I WILL 
BE PROUD TO CARRY THE BANNER OF 
OUR PARTY INTO THE GENERAL 
ELECTION.
SO IT IS A GREAT HONOR AND 
HUMILITY THAT I ACCEPT THIS 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.AMERIC.
BUT WHILE I'LL BE A DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE, I WILL BE AN AMERICAN
PRESIDENT.
I'LL WORK HARD FOR THOSE WHO 
DIDN'T SUPPORT ME, AS HARD FOR 
THEM AS I DID FOR THOSE WHO DID 
VOTE FOR ME.
THAT'S THE JOB OF A PRESIDENT, 
TO REPRESENT ALL OF US, NOT JUST
OUR BASE OR OUR PARTY.
THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
THIS MUST BE AN AMERICAN MOMENT.
ONE THAT CALLS FOR HOPE AND 
LIGHT AND LOVE, HOPE FOR OUR 
FUTURE, LIGHT TO SEE OUR WAY 
FORWARD AND LOVE FOR ONE 
ANOTHER.
AMERICA ISN'T JUST A ELECTION OF
CLASHING INTERESTS RED STATES 
AND BLUE STATES.
WE'RE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT, 
SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, FRANKLIN 
ROOSEVELT PLEDGED THE NEW DEAL, 
STRICKEN BY DISEASE, STRICKEN BY
A VIRUS, FDR BELIEVED HE WOULD 
RECOVER AND PREVAIL AND HE DID 
AND WE CAN AS WELL.
THIS CAMPAIGN ISN'T ABOUT 
WINNING VOTES.
IT'S ABOUT WINNING THE HEART AND
THE SOUL OF AMERICA, WINNING IT 
FOR THE GENEROUS AMONG US, NOT 
THE WORKERS, WINNING IT FOR 
THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE KNOWN
THE INJUSTICE OF A KNEE ON THE 
NECK, FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE KNOWN ONLY AMERICA 
BEING RISING INEQUITY AND 
SHRINKING OPPORTUNITY, THEY 
DESERVE THE EXPERIENCE OF 
AMERICA'S PROMISE.
THEY DESERVE TO EXPERIENCE IT IN
FULL.
YOU KNOW, NO GENERATION EVER 
KNOWS WHAT HISTORY WILL ASK OF 
IT.
ALL WE CAN EVER KNOW IS WHETHER 
WE'RE READY WHEN THAT MOMENT 
ARRIVES.
AND NOW HISTORY HAS DELIVERED US
TO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT 
MOMENTS AMERICA'S EVER FACED.
FOUR, FOUR HISTORIC CRISES ALL 
AT THE SAME TIME, A PERFECT 
STORM, THE WORST PANDEMIC IN 
OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, THE WORST 
ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION, THE MOST COMPELLING 
CALL FOR RACIAL JUSTICE SINCE 
THE 60s AND THE UNDENIABLE 
REALITIES AND JUST THE 
ACCELERATING THREATS OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE.
SO THE QUESTION FOR US IS 
SIMPLE, ARE WE READY?
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
WE MUST BE.
ALL ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW IN OUR BONES THIS ONE IS
CONSEQUENTIAL.
AMERICA IS AT AN INFLEXION 
POINT, A TIME OF REAL PERIL BUT 
ALSO STORED POSSIBILITY, WE CAN 
CHOOSE A PATH OF SHADOW OR 
SUSPICION OR WE CAN TAKE THIS 
CHANCE TO HEAL, REFORM, UNITE, A
PATH OF HOPE AND LIGHT.
THIS IS A LIFE-CHANGING 
ELECTION.
THIS WILL DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR
A LONG, LONG TIME.
CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT, 
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT, 
DECENCY, SCIENCE, DEMOCRACY.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE BALLOT.
WHO WE ARE AS A NATION, WHAT WE 
STAND FOR, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO
WE WANT TO BE, THAT'S ALL ON THE
BALLOT.
AND THE CHOICE COULD NOT BE MORE
CLEAR.
NO RHETORIC IS NEEDED.
JUST JUDGE THIS PRESIDENT ON THE
FACTS.
FIVE MILLION AMERICANS INFECTED 
BY COVID-19, MORE THAN 170,000 
AMERICANS HAVE DIED, BY FAR THE 
WORST PERFORMANCE OF ANY NATION 
ON EARTH.
MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT THIS 
YEAR.
MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH 
INSURANCE THIS YEAR.
NEARLY ONE IN SIX SMALL 
BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED THIS 
YEAR, AND THIS PRESIDENT, IF 
HE'S REELECTED, YOU KNOW WHAT 
WILL HAPPEN.
CASES AND DEATHS WILL REMAIN FAR
TOO HIGH.
MORE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES WILL
CLOSE THEIR DOORS AND THIS TIME 
FOR GOOD.
WORKING FAMILIES WILL STRUGGLE 
TO GET BY AND YET THE WEALTHIEST
1% WILL GET TENS OF BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN NEW TAX BREAKS AND 
THE ASSAULT ON THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 
IT'S DESTROYED, TAKING INSURANCE
AWAY FROM 20 MILLION PEOPLE, 
INCLUDING MORE THAN 15 MILLION 
PEOPLE ON MEDICAID.
AND GETTING RID OF THE 
PROTECTIONS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
WORKED SO HARD TO GET PASSED FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- A HUNDRED 
MILLION MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
AND SPEAKING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA,
A MAN I WAS HONORED TO SERVE 
ALONGSIDE FOR EIGHT YEARS AS 
VICE PRESIDENT, LET ME TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO SAY SOMETHING WE DON'T
SAY NEARLY ENOUGH.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
YOU WERE A GREAT PRESIDENT, A 
PRESIDENT THAT OUR CHILDREN 
COULD AND DID LOOK UP TO.
NO ONE'S GOING TO SAY THAT ABOUT
THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS 
PRESIDENT IS IF HE'S GIVEN FOUR 
MORE YEARS, HE'LL BE WHAT HE'S 
BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THE PRESIDENT TAKES NO 
RESPONSIBILITY, REFUSES TO LEAD,
BLAMES OTHERS, COZIES UP TO 
DICTATORS AND FANS THE FLAMES OF
HATE AND DIVISION.
HE'LL WAKE UP EVERY DAY 
BELIEVING THE JOB IS ALL ABOUT 
HIM, NEVER ABOUT YOU.
IS THAT THE AMERICA YOU WANT FOR
YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN?
I SEE A DIFFERENT AMERICA, ONE 
THAT'S GENEROUS AND STRONG, 
SELFLESS AND HUMBLE.
IT'S AN AMERICA WE CAN REBUILD 
TOGETHER.
AS PRESIDENT THE FIRST STEP I 
WILL TAKE WILL BE TO GET CONTROL
OF THE VIRUS THAT HAS RUINED SO 
MANY LIVES BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND 
SOMETHING THIS PRESIDENT HASN'T 
FROM THE BEGINNING WE WILL NEVER
GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK, 
WE WILL NEVER GET OUR KIDS 
SAFELY BACK IN SCHOOLS, WE'LL 
NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES BACK UNTIL 
WE DEAL WITH THIS VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY OF WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY IS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE 
THIS BAD.
JUST LOOK AROUND.
IT'S NOT THIS BAD IN CANADA OR 
EUROPE OR JAPAN OR ALMOST 
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
AND THE PRESIDENT KEEPS TELLING 
US THE VIRUS IS GOING TO 
DISAPPEAR.
HE KEEPS WAITING FOR A MIRACLE.
WELL, I HAVE NEWS FOR HIM.
NO MIRACLE IS COMING.
WE LEAD THE WORLD IN CONFIRMED 
CASES.
WE LEAD THE WORLD IN DEATHS.
OUR ECONOMY IS IN TATTERS WITH 
BLACK, LATINO, ASIAN-AMERICAN, 
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 
BEARING THE BRUNT OF IT.
AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME THE 
PRESIDENT STILL DOES NOT HAVE A 
PLAN.
WELL, I DO.
IF I'M YOUR PRESIDENT ON DAY 
ONE, WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE 
NATIONAL STRATEGY I'VE BEEN 
LAYING OUT SINCE MARCH.
WE'LL DEVELOP AND DEPLOY RAPID 
TESTS WITH THE RESULTS AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY.
WE'LL MAKE THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES 
AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT 
OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.
WE'LL MAKE THEM HERE IN AMERICA 
SO WE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE AT THE
MERCY OF CHINA OR OTHER FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO PROTECT 
OUR OWN PEOPLE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE 
OPEN, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
WE'LL PUT POLITICS ASIDE.
WE'LL TAKE THE MUZZLE OFF OUR 
EXPERTS SO THE PUBLIC GETS THE 
INFORMATION THEY NEED AND 
DESERVE, HONEST, UNVARNISHED 
TRUTH.
THEY CAN HANDLE IT.
WE'LL HAVE A NATIONAL MANDATE TO
WEAR A MASK, NOT AS A BURDEN BUT
AS A PATRIOTIC DUTY TO PROTECT 
ONE ANOTHER.
IN SHORT, WE'LL DO WHAT WE 
SHOULD HAVE DONE FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT'S FAILED 
IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY TO THE 
NATION.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE'S FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA.
AND, MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THAT 
IS UNFORGIVABLE.
AS PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE YOU A 
PROMISE.
I'LL PROTECT AMERICA, I WILL 
DEFEND US FROM EVERY ATTACK, 
SEEN AND UNSEEN, ALWAYS, WITHOUT
EXCEPTION EVERY TIME.
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND
HOW HARD IT IS TO HAVE ANY HOPE 
RIGHT NOW.
ON THIS SUMMER NIGHT LET ME TAKE
A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO THOSE OF 
YOU WHO HAVE LOST THE MOST.
I HAVE SOME IDEA HOW IT FEELS TO
LOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE.
I KNOW THAT DEEP BLACK HOLE THAT
OPENS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 
BEING SUCKED INTO IT.
I KNOW HOW MEAN, CRUEL AND 
UNFAIR LIFE CAN BE SOMETIMES.
BUT I'VE LEARNED TWO THINGS.
FIRST, YOUR LOVED ONE MAY HAVE 
LEFT THIS EARTH BUT THEY'LL 
NEVER LEAVE YOUR HEART.
THEY'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, 
YOU'LL ALWAYS HEAR THEM.
AND, SECOND, I FOUND THE BEST 
WAY THROUGH PAIN AND LOSS AND 
GRIEF IS TO FIND PURPOSE.
AS GOD'S CHILDREN, EACH OF US 
HAVE A PURPOSE IN OUR LIVES.
WE HAVE A GREAT PURPOSE AS A 
NATION TO OPEN THE DOORS OF 
OPPORTUNITY TO ALL AMERICANS, TO
SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY, TO BE A 
LIGHT TO THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN 
AND FINALLY TO LIVE UP TO AND 
MAKE REAL THE WORDS WRITTEN IN 
THE SACRED DOCUMENTS THAT 
FOUNDED THIS NATION THAT ALL MEN
AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, 
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH 
CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, 
AMONG THEM LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
YOU KNOW, MY DAD WAS AN 
HONORABLE, DECENT MAN.
HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TIMES 
PRETTY HARD, BUT HE ALWAYS GOT 
BACK UP.
HE WORKED HARD AND HE BUILT A 
GREAT MIDDLE CLASS LIFE FOR OUR 
FAMILY.
HE USED TO SAY, JOEY, I DON'T 
EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE 
MY PROBABLY LESS BUT I SURE IN 
HELL EXPECT THEM TO UNDERSTAND 
THEM.
AND THEN HE'D SAY, JOEY, A JOB 
IS A LOT MORE THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR DIGNITY, IT'S 
ABOUT RESPECT, IT'S ABOUT YOUR 
PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S 
ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK YOUR 
KID IN THE EYE AND SAY, "HONEY, 
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY" AND MEAN 
IT.
I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THOSE 
LESSONS.
THAT'S WHY MY ECONOMIC PLAN IS 
ALL ABOUT JOBS, DIGNITY, RESPECT
AND COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER WE CAN AND WILL REBUILD
OUR ECONOMY.
AND WHEN WE DO, WE'LL NOT ONLY 
BUILD BACK, WE'LL BUILD BACK 
BETTER.
WITH MODERN ROADS, BRIDGES, 
HIGHWAYS, BROAD BAND, PORTS AND 
AIRPORTS AS A NEW FOUNDATION FOR
ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH PIPES TO 
TRANSPORT CLEAN WATER TO 
EVERYBODY COMMUNITY, WITH 5 
MILLION NEW MANUFACTURING AND 
TECHNOLOGY JOBS SO THE FUTURE IS
MADE IN AMERICA, WITH A HEALTH 
CARE SYSTEM THAT LOWERS 
PREMIUMS, DEDUCTIBLES, DRUG 
PRICES BY BUILDING ON THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HE'S TRYING 
TO RIP AWAY, WITH AN EDUCATION 
THAT TRAINS OUR PEOPLE FOR THE 
BEST JOBS IN THE 21st CENTURY.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING 
AMERICAN WORKERS CAN'T DO.
AND WHERE COST DOESN'T PREVENT 
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GOING TO 
COLLEGE AND STUDENT DEBT DOESN'T
CRUSH THEM WHEN THEY GET OUT.
WITH THE CHILD CARE AND ELDER 
CARE SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT 
POSSIBLE FOR PARENTS TO GO TO 
WORK AND FOR THE ELDERLY TO STAY
IN THEIR HOMES WITH DIGNITY.
WITH AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT 
POWERS OUR ECONOMY AND REFLECTS 
OUR VALUES AND WITH NEWLY 
EMPOWERED LABOR UNIONS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUILT THE 
MIDDLE CLASS.
WITH EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN.
WITH RISING WAGES YOU COULD 
RAISE A CHILD ON, A FAMILY ON 
AND, YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE
THAN PRAISE OUR ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS.
WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO PAY THEM.
PAY THEM.
WE CAN AND WE WILL DEAL WITH 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT'S NOT ONLY A CRISIS, IT'S AN 
ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICA TO 
LEAD THE WORLD IN CLEAN ENERGY 
AND CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW, GOOD
PAYING JOBS IN THE PROCESS.
AND WE CAN PAY FOR THESE 
INVESTMENTS BY ENDING LOOPHOLES,
UNNECESSARY LOOPHOLES AND THE 
PRESIDENT'S $1.3 TRILLION TAX 
GIVEAWAY TO THE WEALTHIEST 1% 
AND THE BIGGEST, MOST PROFITABLE
CORPORATIONS, SOME OF WHICH DO 
NOT PAY ANY TAX AT ALL.
BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED A TAX CODE
THAT REWARDS WEALTH MORE THAN IT
REWARDS WORK.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO PUNISH 
ANYONE.
FAR FROM IT.
BUT IT'S LONG PAST TIME THE 
WEALTHIEST PEOPLE AND THE 
BIGGEST CORPORATIONS IN THE 
CORPORATION PAID THEIR FAIR 
SHARE.
AND FOR OUR SENIORS, SOCIAL 
SECURITY IS A SACRED OBLIGATION,
A SACRED PROMISE MADE, THEY PAID
FOR.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS 
THREATENING TO BREAK THAT 
PROMISE.
HE'S PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE A 
TAX THAT PAYS FOR ALMOST HALF 
THE SOCIAL SECURITY WITHOUT ANY 
WAY OF MAKING UP FOR THAT LOST 
REVENUE RESULTING IN CUTS.
I WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
IF I'M YOUR PRESIDENT, WE'RE 
GOING TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY
AND MEDICARE.
YOU HAVE MY WORD.
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VOICES 
WE HEAR IN THE COUNTRY TODAY IS 
FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY'RE SPEAKING TO THE INEQUITY
AND INJUSTICE THAT IS GROWING UP
IN AMERICA, ECONOMIC INJUSTICE, 
RACIAL INJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL 
INJUSTICE.
I HEAR THEIR VOICES.
IF YOU LISTEN, YOU CAN HEAR 
THEM, TOO.
AND WHERE THERE'S EXISTENTIAL 
THREAT POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, 
THE DAILY FEAR OF BEING GUNNED 
DOWN IN SCHOOL OR THE INABILITY 
TO GET STARTED IN YOUR FIRST 
JOB, IT WILL BE THE WORK OF THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT TO RESTORE THE 
PROMISE OF AMERICA TO EVERYONE.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO 
IT ALONE BECAUSE I'LL HAVE A 
GREAT VICE PRESIDENT AT MY SIDE,
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS.
SHE'S A POWERFUL VOICE FOR THIS 
NATION.
HER STORY IS THE AMERICAN STORY.
SHE KNOWS ABOUT ALL THE 
OBSTACLES THROWN IN THE WAY OF 
SO MANY IN OUR COUNTRY, WOMEN, 
BLACK WOMEN, BLACK AMERICANS, 
SOUTH ASIAN-AMERICANS, 
IMMIGRANTS, THE LEFT OUT AND THE
LEFT BEHIND, BUT SHE'S OVERCOME 
EVERY OBSTACLE SHE'S EVER FACED.
NO ONE'S BEEN TOUGHER ON THE BIG
BANKS AND THE GUN LOBBY.
NO ONE HAS BEEN TOUGHER FOR 
CALLING OUT THE CURRENT 
ADMINISTRATION FOR IT'S 
EXTREMISM, IT'S FAILURE TO 
FOLLOW THE LAW, ITS FAILURE TO 
SIMPLY TELL THE TRUTH.
KAMALA AND I BOTH DRAW FROM OUR 
FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR 
STRENGTH.
FOR KAMALA, IT'S DOUG AND THEIR 
FAMILIES.
FOR ME IT'S JILL AND OURS.
I SAID NO MAN DESERVES ONE GREAT
LOVE IN HIS LIFE LET ALONE TWO.
BUT I'VE KNOWN TWO.
AFTER LOSING MY FIRST WIFE IN 
THAT CAR ACCIDENT, JILL CAME 
INTO OUR LIFE.
SHE PUT OUR FAMILY BACK 
TOGETHER.
SHE'S AN EDUCATOR, A MOM, A 
MILITARY MOM, AN UNSTOPPABLE 
FORCE.
IF SHE PUTS HER MIND TO IT, JUST
GET OUT OF THE WAY, SHE'S GOING 
TO GET IT DONE.
SHE WAS A GREAT SECOND LADY, AND
I KNOW SHE'LL MAKE A GREAT FIRST
LADY FOR THIS NATION.
SHE LOVES THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH.
AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE 
STRENGTH THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM
FAMILY.
HUNTER, ASHLEY, ALL OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN, MY BROTHERS, MY Y
 
SISTER.
THEY GIVE ME COURAGE.
THEY LIFT ME UP.
WALLY'S NO LONGER WITH US.
BEAU INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY.
BEAU SERVED OUR NATION IN 
UNIFORM.
A YEAR IN IRAQ, A DECORATED 
IRAQI WAR VETERAN.
SO I TAKE VERY PERSONALLY THE 
PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY AS 
SERVING AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
I'LL BE A PRESIDENT WHO WILL 
STAND WITH OUR ALLIES AND FRIEND
AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO OUR 
ADVERSARIES, THE DAYS TO COZYING
UP TO DICTATORS IS OVER.
UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, AMERICA 
WILL NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO 
RUSSIAN BOUNTIES ON THE HEADS OF
AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
NOR WILL I PUT UP WITH FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE IN OUR MOST SACRED 
DEMOCRATIC EXERCISE, VOTING.
AND I'LL ALWAYS STAND FOR OUR 
VALUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
DIGNITY.
I'LL WORK IN CALM AND PURPOSE 
FOR A MORE SECURE, PEACEFUL AND 
PROSPEROUS WORLD.
HISTORY HAS THRUST ONE MORE 
URGENT TASK ON US.
WILL WE BE THE GENERATION THAT 
FINALLY WIPES OUT THE STAIN OF 
RACISM FROM OUR NATIONAL 
CHARACTER?
I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO IT.
I BELIEVE WE'RE READY.
JUST A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY WAS 
THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF EVENTS 
IN CHARLOTTESVILL
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAW ON 
TELEVISION.
REMEMBER SEEING THOSE NEONAZIS 
AND KLANSMEN COMING OUT OF 
FIELDS WITH TORCHES, SPEWING THE
SAME ANTI-SEMITIC VILE THAT CAME
OUT IN THE 30s AND REMEMBER 
THOSE SPREADING HATE AND THOSE 
WITH THE COURAGE TO STAND 
AGAINST IT.
REMEMBER WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
WHEN ASKED?
HE SAID THEY WERE, QUOTE, VERY 
FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT WAS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR US 
AS A COUNTRY AND FOR ME A CALL 
TO ACTION.
AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW I'D HAVE 
TO RUN BECAUSE MY FATHER TAUGHT 
US THAT SILENCE WAS COMPLICITY 
AND I COULD NEVER REMAIN SILENT 
OR COMPLICIT.
AT THE TIME I SAID WE WERE IN 
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION.
AND WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST 
IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD
THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WAS WITH 
SOMEONE WHO WAS MUCH TOO YOUNG 
TO VOTE.
I MET WITH 6-YEAR-OLD GIANNA 
FLOYD, THE DAY BEFORE HER DADDY,
GEORGE FLOYD, WAS LAID TO REST.
SHE'S AN INCREDIBLY BRAVE LITTLE
GIRL.
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT, WHEN I 
LEANED DOWN TO SPEAK TO HER, SHE
LOOKED IN MY EYES AND SHE SAID, 
AND I QUOTE, "DADDY CHANGED THE 
WORLD."
DADDY CHANGED THE WORLD.
HER WORDS BURROWED DEEP INTO MY 
HEART.
MAYBE GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER WAS 
A BREAKING POINT.
MAYBE JOHN LEWIS'S PASSING THE 
INSPIRATION.
BUT HOWEVER IT'S COME TO BE, 
HOWEVER IT'S HAPPENED, AMERICA'S
READY IN JOHN'S WORDS TO LAY 
DOWN, QUOTE, THE HEAVY BURDEN OF
HATE AT LAST.
AND THEN THE HARD WORK OF 
ROOTING OUT OUR SYSTEMIC RACISM.
YOU KNOW, AMERICAN HISTORY TELLS
US THAT IT'S BEEN IN OUR DARKEST
MOMENTS THAT WE MADE OUR 
GREATEST PROGRESS, THAT WE FOUND
THE LIGHT.
IN THIS DARK MOMENT I BELIEVE 
WE'RE POISED TO MAKE GREAT 
PROGRESS AGAIN, THAT WE CAN FIND
THE LIGHT ONCE MORE.
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD
ME SAY THIS BUT I'VE ALWAYS 
BELIEVED COULD YOU DEFINE 
AMERICA IN ONE WORD, 
POSSIBILITIES.
THE DEFINING FEATURE OF AMERICA,
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
THAT IN AMERICA EVERYONE, AND I 
MEAN EVERYONE, SHOULD BE GIVEN 
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AS FAR AS 
THEIR DREAMS AND GOD-GIVEN 
ABILITY WILL TAKE THEM.
WE CAN NEVER LOSE THAT.
IN TIMES AS CHALLENGING AS 
THESE, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY 
ONE WAY FORWARD, AS A UNITED 
AMERICA, A UNITED AMERICA.
UNITED IN OUR PURSUIT OF A MORE 
PERFECT UNION.
UNITED IN OUR DREAM OF A BETTER 
FUTURE FOR US AND FOR OUR 
CHILDREN.
UNITED IN OUR DETERMINATION TO 
MAKE THE COMING YEARS BRIGHT.
ARE YOU READY?
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
THIS IS A GREAT NATION.
WE'RE GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE.
FOR LORD'S SAKE, THIS IS THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING 
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH 
WHEN WE'VE DONE IT TOGETHER.
THE IRISH POET SHANE ONCE WROTE,
"HISTORY SAYS DON'T HOPE ON THIS
SIDE OF THE GRAVE BUT THEN ONCE 
IN A LIFETIME THE LONG TIDAL 
WAVE OF JUSTICE CAN HOPE AND 
HISTORY RHYME."
THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO MAKE HOPE 
AND HISTORY RHYME, WITH PASSION 
AND PURPOSE.
LET US BEGIN, YOU AND I 
TOGETHER, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 
UNITED IN OUR LOVE FOR AMERICA, 
UNITED IN OUR LOVE FOR EACH 
OTHER.
FOR LOVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN 
HATE, HOPE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN
FEAR, LIGHT IS MORE POWERFUL 
THAN DARK.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT.
THIS IS OUR MISSION.
LET HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY AT 
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN DARKNESS BEGAN HERE 
TONIGHT AS LOVE AND HOPE AND 
LIGHT JOIN IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THE NATION.
AND THIS IS A BATTLE WE WILL WIN
AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER.
I PROMISE YOU.
THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU 
AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS.
GOOD NIGHT.
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