>> And we have made history 
along the way. 
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA:  There is 
not the liberal America and the 
conservative America.  There is 
the United States of America.  
We must -- [ simultaneous speech
] -- 
>> We are a different society 
today than we were in 1961.  
Brothers and sisters, do you 
want to [ simultaneous speech 
] -- or do you want to keep 
America moving forward?  
>> Our motto is when they go 
low, we go high.  
>> We never bow.  We never bend.
We never break.  No, we endure, 
and we always, always move 
forward.  
(Simultaneous English and 
Spanish on audio.)  
>> We are coming together on 
August 17th all across America. 
Be there. 
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Good evening, 
I'm Eva Longoria. And welcome to
the 2020 Democratic National 
Convention, uniting America.  
Every four years, we come 
together to reaffirm -- 
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simultaneous on audio.)  
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English tracks coming through.) 
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>> 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 
rocket's red glare, the bomb 
bursting in air, Gave proof 
through the night that our flag 
was still there, O say does that
star spangled banner yet wave 
O'er the land of the free and 
the home of the brave?
>> Hello.  My name is reverend 
Gabriel Salguero.  Let us pray. 
(Simultaneous English and 
Spanish.)  
(Overlapping speech.)  
>> -- and from Portland to 
El Paso, I ask you to Shephard 
us to a hope-filled vision that 
does justice, and walk humbly 
before you.  I pray this in the 
matchless name of Jesus, amen. 
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Welcome to our
Convention across America.  We 
had hoped to gather in one 
place, but instead, we figured 
out a safe and responsible way 
to come together to share our 
ideas and talk about the future 
of our country.  
And that's the kind of 
leadership we need right now.  
That's the kind of leadership 
that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
will bring to the White House.  
So, during the next four nights,
we will gather safely from our 
homes to listen, to learn, to be
inspired, to act, to vote, and 
to build that more perfect 
union.  
I am honored to be with you this
evening.  I am here tonight as a
ninth generation Texan, as a 
daughter of a veteran and a 
teacher, as a mother, as a 
voter, and as a patriot.  I 
share Joe Biden's belief that 
the story of America is one of 
ordinary people coming together 
to do extraordinary things, and 
at our best, our country rewards
hard work.  We celebrate 
diversity.  We look out for each
other, and we lift one another 
up.  So, tonight, we are going 
to begin with the simple 
kindness we have been extending 
to each other a lot lately.  We 
are going to check in with folks
around the country and ask how 
are you doing.  As many of you 
know, small businesses employ 
half after all US workers.  
Tonight, we have Scott.  Scott, 
you are a small business owner 
from Swathmore, Pennsylvania.  
Small businesses have been hit 
so hard in this crisis, so 
many -- how have you been doing?
>> Scott:  Well, it's been 
rough.  Rough is a nice word to 
say it.  My wife and I, 31 years
ago, began our business, and 
quite honestly, over all of 
these years, we faced some 
adversity and challenges, but, 
to be honest, nothing, nothing 
like we are today.  We have 
literally had to reinvent our 
business several times since the
beginning of the year, just to 
stay afloat, and, you know, w
we -- our revenue, for example, 
is off about 40%.  Half of the 
employees that we had pre-COVID,
and our customers a little 
scared.  Our employees are 
sometimes afraid to come to work
because of the COVID, and to be 
honest with you, I'm just 
frustrated.  I don't understand 
how we got here.  We are the 
greatest nation in the world, 
and it just seems to me that, 
you know, maybe if we just came 
together on this one issue al
e
alone, maybe as Americans and 
being united, we can overcome.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Yeah.  Thank 
you, Scott, for sharing your 
story.  I am sure many small 
business owners feel the same 
way that you're feeling now.  We
wish you the best for your 
business and, of course, for 
your family.  
Now I would like to turn to 
Marley Dias, who is 15 years old
from West Orange, New Jersey.  
She is an activist and author.  
Marley, so many young people are
struggling due to changes with 
COVID.  How are you doing?  
>> I'm doing all right.  
(Simultaneous Spanish and 
English continues on audio.)  
>> So, I started doing virtual 
read alouds online, which has 
been so fun, getting to interact
and meet new kids and -- [ 
simultaneous speech ] -- 
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Yeah, thank 
you so much, Marley.  You're 
such an inspiration.  I don't 
think I was doing half of what 
you're doing at 15, and I love 
seeing how brave and creative 
your generation is in creating 
change, so thank you.  Thank you
so much for your work.  
Let's check in with Rick.  Rick,
you are a farmer.  
What have the trade wars and the
pandemic done to your family's 
work?  
>> First of all -- [ 
simultaneous speech ].  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  That's a scary
thought, and I am sure a lot of 
our viewers feel the same way. 
>> You know, I don't have the 
answers, but past experiences --
[ Simultaneous speech ]. 
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Well, thank 
you so much.  Rick, I couldn't 
agree with you more.  We need 
meaningful change and leadership
that will support family farms 
like yours, so we wish you the 
best.  Thank you for sharing 
your stories.  
Finally, let's hear from 
Michelle from my home state of 
Texas.  Michelle, you are a 
school nurse and a mother in 
El Paso.  How are you preparing 
for the new school year?  
>> Hi, Eva.  Well, we have 
already started school, but it 
is a little challenging, because
everyday something seems to 
change.  We start one way one 
day, and we have to change it 
the next day, and I know that 
right now it's kind of sad not 
to see the kiddos who are back, 
but I know that will change.  We
are going to have to adapt and 
persevere.  But, honestly, right
now, all I can think about is 
keeping my kiddos safe.  I know 
back in March, you know, we had 
them at home, and we were doing 
okay, but now they are wanting 
us to take them back to school, 
and it's a little scary with all
of the rise in COVID cases.  So 
I just wanted to say that I am 
committed to taking care of my 
family, my students, and all of 
my staff at my school.  I will 
do whatever it takes to ensure 
that we are all ready to go back
to school safe and healthy, and 
I know that I am optimistic to 
move forward with our life, and 
Joe Biden will be the one to 
take us there.  I just want to 
say for everyone to please 
remember to wash your hands and 
wear your mask, because we are 
all in this together.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Thank you, 
Michelle.  I think there's 
nothing more difficult for us as
moms than to see our children 
suffer, so I think you're doing 
a great job of guiding them 
through this very difficult 
time, and thank you for the work
that do you as a nurse.  It's 
truly heroic.  
I have really enjoyed talking to
all of you.  I think I have one 
last question.  Do you believe 
that change is coming?  Do you 
believe that better days are 
ahead?  
>> Yes.  
>> Yes.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  [ Laughter ] 
Well, thank you for taking the 
time to speak with us and 
sharing your thoughts.  You are 
the We in We the People, and you
are who this convention is 
about.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  In 
1776, the Declaration of 
Independence, we hold these 
truths to be self-evident, these
words, these words are [ 
simultaneous speech ] -- 
equality, equity, fairness, 
decency.  [ Simultaneous speech 
] -- but we were born of an idea
that every single solitary 
person can have a chance, no 
matter where they are from.  
There's not a single thing that 
they cannot if they work -- [ 
simultaneous speech ] -- 
>> EVA LONGORIA:  We had hoped 
to have our convention in the 
city of festivals, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, this year.  Of 
course, we are not able to do 
that, but we'll be hearing from 
several of Wisconsin's leaders 
throughout this convention, 
starting with Congresswoman Gwen
Moore.  
>> REPRESENTATIVE MOORE:  Hi.  
I'm Gwen Moore, and it's my 
honor to represent Milwaukee in 
Congress and to kick off the 
2020 democratic convention.  I 
wish you were all here in 
Milwaukee, which takes its 
language [ simultaneous speech 
] -- this is a city where blood 
was shed for labor rights, where
fugitive slaves were freed from 
prison, where women's right to 
vote was first ratified.  But, 
today, we gather virtually.  
However, we gather, unified in 
spirit, unified in our values 
and purpose, to heal divisions 
and together move the nation 
confidently into a prosperous 
inclusive future.  
What better way to gather than 
all across America to nominate 
my beloved friend, Joe Biden, 
the 46th President of the United
States of America, with my VIP 
VP nominee, Sister Kamala Harris
by his side.  Tonight, we are 
gathered to reclaim the soul of 
America.  So if you're ready to 
come together, America, text 
JOIN to 30330.  
Thank you.  I love you all, and 
god bless you.  
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>> We have to let them know who 
we are, what we stand for.  We 
choose -- over fear, truth over 
lies, and, yes, unity over 
division.  It's time for us to 
lift our heads up, open our 
hearts, and remember what we 
are.  We are the United States 
of America.  
[ Cheers and applause ].
I mean this, there's not a 
single thing we cannot do if we 
do it together.  
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Why do I fear with skin dark as 
night?
Instead I'm just a story 
repeating
Why do I fear with skin dark as 
night?
Can't feel peace with those 
judging eyes
The tears of my Mother rain, 
rain over me
My sisters and my brothers sing,
sing over me
And I wish I had another day
But it's just another day
hoping for a life more sweeter
Instead I'm just a story 
repeating
Why do I fear with skin dark as 
night?
Can't feel peace with those 
judging eyes
hoping for a life more sweeter 
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Hoping for a life more sweeter
>> Thank you, Leon Bridges, 
whose song Sweeter featured 
Terrence Martin -- 
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difficulties.)  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  And we need to
make it easier for Americans to 
vote.  We have a lot to do, and 
to do this we need community 
action.  We need Congress that 
can have power to do it, and we 
need a president who understands
that this is the moment.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  The 
moment has come for our nation 
to deal with systemic racism, to
deal with the growing economic 
inequity to exists in our 
nation, to deal with the denial 
of the promise of this nation, 
made to so many.  You know, I 
have said from the outset of 
this election that we are in the
battle for the soul of this 
nation, and we are in the battle
for the soul of this nation.  
What we believe, maybe most 
importantly, who we want to be, 
it's all at stake.  That's truer
today than it has ever been, at 
least in my lifetime, and it is 
this urgency, it's in this 
urgency, you can find a path 
forward.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Hey, 
everybody, how are you?  Thanks 
for doing this. 
>> Great.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank 
you, thank you, thank you.  
Jamira, tell the rest of your 
folks a little bit about your 
background.  
>> JAMIRA BURLEY:  I started 
doing activism when I was 15.  
It was at the intersection of 
knowing both a perpetrator and a
victim.  My brother Andre was 
shot and killed in Philadelphia,
and it made me realize I had a 
responsibility, almost a 
collective responsibility, to 
ensure that didn't happen to 
other young people.  And I think
that's missing in America right 
now, is our collective 
responsibility to each other and
to realize that the person down 
the street or around the corner,
or even across the country, that
we have a responsibility to 
ensure that we are making sure 
that they are safe, they have 
access to education, and that in
all we are creating a world in 
which our differences are 
celebrated as well as protected 
under the law.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Mayor,
how are you prioritizing the 
many things that you have to do,
as we try to tackle in a way 
that we haven't before systemic 
racism in the city?  
>> Really, it's about economic 
empowerment, because if people 
are lifted out of poverty and 
they are given an opportunity to
feel a stake in their own 
future, that goes a long way.  
We are also challenging, you 
know, all kinds of institutions,
from corporations to 
community-based organizations 
and thinking about what they can
do better to end systemic racism
and make sure that we are 
uplifting the quality of life in
communities but also the voices 
of people that traditionally 
don't have a seat at the table. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  The 
President is talking about 
defunding the post-office and 
mail-in voting.  What do you 
think we should be doing, 
Mr. President?  
>> First of all, we have to 
change the public discourse 
around voting.  It seems the 
democratic thing to do, the most
patriotic thing that we can do, 
and not a partisan exercise. 
Secondly, how do we open up 
access to voting so we can 
address some of the systemic 
problems?  Not only should we 
reauthorize the voting rights 
act but we have to go further.  
Most importantly, voting should 
be seen as a constitutional 
right that is guaranteed, and 
with that level that all 
citizens can be sure that they 
have unfettered access without 
being suppressed.  
>> This is a watershed moment 
and we can't lose this moment.  
We have got to have action at 
the federal level.  We have got 
to have Congressional action.  
We can't have in 2020 police 
departments allowing the use of 
a knee on a man's neck in George
Floyd.  A lot of us were 
shocked, and what gives me home 
is police officers were shocked.
Police officers have spoken out,
and we are hopeful that we'll 
have some national standards as 
it relates to policing, use of 
force, a national database, you 
know, abolishment of -- 
prohibition in national 
standards in terms of 
chokeholds, and that we actually
use the death of George Floyd 
and others in policing to take 
it to the next level, which is 
what everyone wants, including 
all of the good cops out there, 
and thankfully there are more of
them than bad cops. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Most 
cops are good, but the fact is 
the bad ones have to be 
identified, prosecuted, and out,
period.  
Gwen, how are you doing?  
>> REPRESENTATIVE MOORE:  Well, 
I'm doing pretty well, as well 
as can be expected.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  You 
know, I am sure that the words 
of George Floyd, "I can't 
breathe," were not new to you 
and they echo in your mind every
single day, six years ago when 
your son died.  But we can't let
this keep happening.  What is 
the next thing you think we have
to do, Gwen?  
>> First of all, I know when my 
son was murdered, there was a 
big uprising, but then it 
settled down.  We can't let 
things settle down.  We have to 
go to the politicians, and we 
have to hold their feet to the 
fire, because, otherwise, the 
big uprising is not going to 
mean a lot.  So, I'm just asking
that if you become the 
president, that you make sure 
that we get national law as well
as state and local law, 
especially when it comes to 
police brutality, because that 
has been an age-old problem.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, 
I may be kidding myself, but I 
think the people are ready.  I 
think people are ready.  We have
just got to keep pushing.  We 
can't let up.  But thank you for
what you're doing.  I really 
appreciate it.  Thanks for 
joining me.  
>> Thank you.  
>> Thank you.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  
Bye-bye.  
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>> Racism, structurally, 
individually, and systematically
is real. 
>> Black, brown, no matter what 
you look like, you should not 
ever be fearful of your life due
to the color of your skin. 
>> What I want to see in the 
next President of the United 
States is someone who is fair, 
who believes in equal justice 
under the law.  I want him to 
lead us through this revolution 
that we are experiencing right 
now.  
>> Joe Biden is a healer, and he
is a unifier.  He will fight for
the Black Lives Matter movement.
>> Undo, remove, tear down the 
remnants of structural and 
systematic racism in this 
country. 
>> The systemic justices that 
exist, things that our nation 
has overlooked that need to be 
addressed. 
>> And we need to stand on our 
platform and introduce 
legislation that makes this 
platform felt from coast to 
coast. 
>> I know that Joe Biden is the 
person to restore the values 
that we hold so near and dear to
our hearts. 
>> I have a ten-year-old son.  I
want to make sure that there is 
a world that's left better for 
him.  
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>> REPRESENTATIVE CLYBURN:  Good
evening.  I'm Congressman Jim 
Clyburn here in historic 
Charleston, South Carolina.  Six
months ago, I stood not far from
here and endorsed Joe Biden to 
be our 46th President.  It was a
decision that I made with my 
feet firmly planted in this 
community.  This community, 
where 80% of African-Americans 
in this country can claim an 
ancestor who arrived on these 
shores in bondage a few blocks 
from here over at Gadsden's 
wharf, this community that is 
still healing from the wounds 
received from white supremacists
in Emanuel AME Church and 
murdered nine black parishioners
as they studied the bible 
together.  The ground beneath 
our feet is seeded with pain 
that is both old and new, but 
from that soil, we always find a
way to grow together.  
Earlier this summer, the City of
Charleston removed its statue 
honoring John C. Calhoun, an 
advocate of slavery, and 
construction is under way on the
International African-American 
Museum at Gadsden's Wharf.  
Much like the country as a 
whole, we are stepping out from 
the shadows of our past and 
beginning to lay the groundwork 
for a more just future.  
It won't be easy.  We can only 
succeed if we move forward 
together.  So, we will need a 
president who sees unifying 
people as a requirement of the 
job, a president who understands
the true meaning of community, 
and who will build it through 
trust and humility.  And with so
many families experiencing loss 
in this pandemic -- lost jobs, 
lost loved ones, and lost 
confident in the president to 
keep us safe -- we need a 
president who understands both 
profound loss and what it takes 
to bounce back.  
But more important than his 
firsthand experience with loss 
and hardship is his ability to 
translate that perspective into 
policy and solutions and 
prioritize hardworking people 
over partisan politics or 
personal gain.  That's why I 
stand with Joe and why he will 
always be an adopted son of 
South Carolina.  Joe Biden is as
good a man as he is a leader.  
I have said before and wish to 
reiterate tonight, we know Joe, 
but more importantly, Joe knows 
us.  
>> I am Kevin.  I do a lot of 
things in life, but the thing I 
am most proud of is I am a TAPS 
military mentor, and that's how 
I spend most of my time 
post-Marine Corps. 
>> Building memories together is
the best that I do with my time.
Thank you for allowing me to be 
a part of your lives and sharing
the journey over the last 
decade. 
>> We have got 500 families, 
kids, and mentors packed into a 
ballroom, and all of a sudden 
the back door opens and you 
happen in walks Joe Biden.  I 
had almost an out of body 
experience because he surprised 
us all.  You know, I like to 
think that I'm decent at reading
people from my time in the 
Marine Corps, as a drill 
instructor, studying psychology.
He was being real.  You can't 
fake that kind of a smile.  He 
was genuinely happy to see these
kids and spend time with them.  
It's easy to lose faith in 
humanity, especially today.  
There's a lot of polarization.  
It leaves a lot of room for 
hope, and it's hard to 
articulate real character when 
you see it.  Policies are great,
and we need sound policies as 
well.  He also has those, 
because he has the chops, right?
But it's almost like none of 
that matters if you don't have 
the character.  
This is a very unprecedented and
challenging time that requires 
an unprecedented and courageous 
leader.  We need someone with 
the courage to do what's 
necessary and right for a more 
perfect union.  That's Joe 
Biden.  I know Joe because he 
cares about everybody else 
before himself.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  You know what 
else Joe knows, Joe knows about 
pandemics.  In 2014, he helped 
stop the spread of Ebola and 
brought the world together to 
help keep it contained, and 
after the success, knowing this 
would happen again, Vice 
President Biden and President 
Obama put together a pandemic 
playbook to make sure that 
America was prepared and 
protected.  The Trump 
Administration disbanded the 
pandemic response team that was 
given to them.  Americans have 
died and lost their livelihoods 
because of it.  We the People 
deserve a president who believes
in science, that recognizes the 
threat of COVID, who has a plan 
to get us through it, and that 
is Joe Biden.  We are grateful 
that across the country, there 
are responsible leaders who are 
stepping up.  One of them 
provided clear direction and 
memorable PowerPoints, 
New York's Governor Andrew 
Cuomo.  
>> GOVERNOR CUOMO:  Hello.  
Today is Monday, day 170.  
New Yorkers were ground zero for
the COVID virus and have gone 
from one of the highest 
infection rates in the globe to 
one of the lowest.  We climbed 
the impossible mountain, and 
right now we are on the other 
side.  We did it with the 
kindness and assistance of so 
many.  New Yorkers want to thank
everyone who came to our aid, 
30,000 Americans who volunteered
to come here to help in our hour
of need.  Your love gave us the 
strength to carry on.  
We went through hell, but we 
have learned much.  We know that
our problems go beyond the COVID
virus.  
COVID is the symptom, not the 
illness.  Our nation is in 
crisis, and in many ways, COVID 
is just a metaphor.  A virus 
attacks when the body is weak 
and when it cannot defend 
itself.  Over these past few 
years, America's body politic 
has been weakened.  The 
divisions have been growing 
deeper, the anti-Semitism, the 
anti-Latino, the anti-immigrant 
fervor, the racism in 
Charlottesville, where the KKK 
didn't even bother to wear their
hoods, and in Minnesota, where 
the life was squeezed from 
Mr. Floyd.  Only a strong body 
can fight off the virus, and 
America's divisions weakened it.
Donald Trump didn't create the 
initial division.  The division 
created Trump.  He only made it 
worse.  Our collective strength 
is exercised through government.
It is, in effect, our immune 
system, and our current federal 
government is dysfunctional and 
incompetent.  It couldn't fight 
off the virus.  In fact, it 
didn't even see it coming.  The 
European virus infected the 
northeast while the White House 
was still fixated on China.  The
virus had been attacking us for 
months before they even knew it 
was here.  
We saw the failure of a 
government that tried to deny 
the virus, and then tried to 
ignore it, and then tried to 
politicize it.  The failed 
federal government that watched 
New York get ambushed but their 
negligence and then watched 
New York suffer, but all through
it learned absolutely nothing.  
So, today, six months after it 
began, the nation is still 
unprepared, and we now face a 
second threat, but this time not
in mother nature.  This is a 
man-made threat by our own 
negligence.  We now see the 
virus ricochetting across the 
country, from one state to 
another.  Today, we trail the 
world in defeating COVID.  We 
have over 5 million cases.  
Americans learned the critical 
lesson, how vulnerable we are 
when we are divided and how many
lives can be lost when our 
government is incompetent. 
But we learned something else, 
my friends.  We saw the 
negative, but we also saw the 
positive.  As they proved their 
way failed, we proved that our 
way succeeded, that America can 
still rise to the occasion.  We 
can put our differences aside 
and find commonality.  
Government can tell the truth 
and can build trust.  We can 
judge by content of character 
rather than color of skin.  We 
can care for one another, that 
Americans can work together and 
forge community and a competent 
government, that, of course, we 
will wear masks, because we are 
smart, and because I care about 
you and because you care about 
me.  Of course we will socially 
distance, because staying away 
shows how close we actually are.
Yes, we will set up testing and 
tracing and do whatever we need 
to do to mobilize to win this 
battle, because we are America. 
We win wars, and we are the 
greatest country on the globe.  
And for all of the pain and all 
of the tears, our way worked, 
and it was beautiful.  We showed
that our better angels are 
strong and that Americans would 
rise to their call.  
We saw that even at the end of 
the day, even if it is a long 
day, that love wins.  American's
eyes have been opened, and we 
have seen in this crisis the 
truth:  That government matters,
and leadership matters.  And it 
determines whether we thrive and
grow or whether we live or die. 
Now we need a leader as good as 
our people, a leader who appeals
to the best within us, not the 
worst, a leader who can unify, 
not divide, a leader who can 
bring us up, not tear us down.  
I know that man.  I have worked 
with that man.  I have seen his 
talent.  I have seen his 
strength.  I have seen his pain,
and I have seen his heart.  That
man is Joe Biden.  Joe Biden is 
what I call America tough, tough
in the best way, tough that is 
smart, united, disciplined, and 
loving.  Joe Biden can restore 
the soul of America, and that's 
exactly what our country needs 
today.  Thank you.  
>> And now we'll hear from 
Kristin Urquiza.  
>> KRISTIN URQUIZA:  Hi.  I'm 
Kristin Urquiza.  I'm one of the
many who has lost a loved one to
COVID.  My dad, Mark Anthony 
Urquiza, should be here today, 
but he isn't.  He had faith in 
Donald Trump.  He voted for him,
listened to him, believed him 
and his mouthpieces when they 
said that coronavirus has under 
control and going to disappear, 
that it was okay to end social 
distancing rules before it was 
safe, and that if you had no 
underlying health conditions, 
you'd probably be fine.  
So, in late May, after the 
stay-at-home order was lifted in
Arizona, my dad went to a 
karaoke bar with his friends.  A
few weeks later, he was put on a
ventilator, and after five 
agonizing days, he died alone in
the ICU with a nurse holding his
hand.  
My dad was a healthy 
65-year-old.  His only 
pre-existing condition was 
trusting Donald Trump, and for 
that, he paid with his life.  
I am not alone.  Once I told my 
story, a lot of people reached 
out to me to share theirs.  They
asked me to help them keep their
communities safe, especially 
communities of color, which have
been disproportionately 
affected.  They asked me, a 
normal person, to help, because 
Donald Trump won't.  
The coronavirus has made it 
clear that there are two 
Americas, the America that 
Donald Trump lives in and the 
America that my father died in. 
Enough is enough.  Donald Trump 
may not have caused the 
coronavirus, but his dishonesty 
and his irresponsible actions 
made it so much worse.  We need 
a leader who has a national, 
coordinated, data-driven 
response to stop this pandemic 
from claiming more lives and to 
safely reopen the country.  We 
need a leader who will step in 
on day one and do his job, to 
care.  
One of the last things that my 
father said to me was that he 
felt betrayed by the likes of 
Donald Trump, and so when I cast
my vote for Joe Biden, I will do
it for my dad.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Thank you, 
Kristin, for sharing your story.
Our nation grieves for your 
father and all of those who we 
have lost to this virus.  It's a
toll that hasn't fallen equally 
on us.  People of color have 
been disproportionately 
affected, dying at greater rates
than white Americans, but we can
honor all of those we have lost 
by giving Joe Biden and Kamala 
Harris the opportunity to put in
place a real national plan that 
tests and tracks, that makes 
sure that access to a vaccine 
will be fair and turns the full 
power of our government toward 
making sure that we have the 
supplies and technology and 
people, scientists and public 
health officials and contact 
tracers, we need to stop this.  
So, right now, let's hear from a
champion for our front line 
workers, who also happens to be 
an Olympic champion and a world 
cup champion, Megan Rapinoe.  
>> MEGAN RAPINOE:  Hi, 
everybody.  My name is Megan 
Rapinoe, and I have the distinct
honor today to host a 
conversation with four of our 
front line workers here in 
America.  We should rename them 
heroes, absolutely.  Chung Le, 
can you tell us a little bit 
about how you are doing during 
this time?  
>> So, early on, when the 
government was still trying to 
figure out proper protocols to 
protect front line workers, I 
had, unfortunately, contracted 
COVID through patient contact 
and was isolated by myself for 
two weeks, so total isolation, 
no contact.  
Once I recovered, luckily, I 
went back to the front lines to 
continue to take care of the 
sick, and what got me originally
was watching people die alone.  
There were no visitors allowed. 
Everyone was totally isolated, 
and I knew how that felt, 
because, for two weeks, that was
me, not knowing if you were 
going to wake up, not knowing if
you were going to make it, who 
you could talk to, if you could 
say good-bye.  This was people's
moms, dads, brothers, sisters, 
sons, daughters, all dying 
alone.  And we know there's a 
round two coming, and mentally, 
physically, emotionally, I don't
know how many of us on the front
lines are going to survive that 
second round.  
>> MEGAN RAPINOE:  Dr. Bradley, 
what effects are you seeing 
inside your hospital doors from 
the inaction of the Trump 
Administration in its response? 
>> It's heavy.  I left the 
emergency department in tears, 
and so have a lot of my 
colleagues.  People were 
exhausted, and we are looking at
the tsunami that's coming this 
winter with COVID and influenza,
and I think all of us are 
wondering how this system is not
going to collapse.  Because when
people come in with broken arms,
heart attacks, strokes, 
appendicitis, we are not going 
to be there.  
>> MEGAN RAPINOE:  What were you
seeing on those front lines in 
the early days that you knew it 
wasn't going to magically 
disappear?  Did you think it was
a hoax then?  
>> Absolutely, we knew this was 
not a hoax.  We were certain of 
it.  All of us knew from 
experience back in 2009 with the
swine flu, we knew what a 
pandemic would look like.  We 
knew that we needed to have the 
tools, resources and plans in 
place.  But then we have the 
ineptitude and the lack of 
leadership from this 
administration.  I have seen the
worst of the worst.  Not only 
have I answered thousands of 
calls of people that are sick, 
but people that are dying.  
>> MEGAN RAPINOE:  Michelle, 
tell us a little bit about how 
it's been for you on the front 
lines, what your specific role 
is. 
>> As a union nurse, I have been
primarily more in the forefront 
on advocating that our health 
care workers and our patients 
get the support and the PPE that
they need.  You know, ten years 
ago, I responded to the disaster
in Haiti.  We were working in a 
tent hospital after the 
earthquake, but, you know, the 
first time that I ever feared 
for my life and my families, 
walking into work, was in my own
country.  
We have the money.  We have the 
means.  We have the resources in
this country.  We are deeply 
lacking leadership and somebody 
who cares.  Trump has made it 
perfectly clear how he feels, 
and we need a president who 
cares.  That's Joe Biden.  
>> MEGAN RAPINOE:  Dr. Bradley 
Driefuss, Michelle, I can't 
thank you enough.  The American 
people are indebted to your 
work, your sacrifice, and you 
showing up every single day, 
giving everything that you have,
and thank you again for all of 
the work that you do on the 
front line.  There's no way that
we could ever repay you, so 
thank you very much.  
♪ Come on, rise up ♪
♪ ♪
>> Millions of people and 
veterans and senior citizens 
rely on the postal system, for 
prescription medicines, for 
their checks. 
>> Having the postal service to 
deliver my prescriptions -- when
the COVID-19 virus hit us here 
in the United States. 
>> However, now with Donald 
Trump in office and his attempts
to undermine the United States 
Postal Service, we are extremely
concerned. 
>> This administration's 
decision not to provide the 
necessary funding to the United 
States Postal Service is 
appalling.  
>> I was diagnosed with multiple
myeloma.  Voting by mail is our 
only realistic option. 
>> In no way do I want my 11 
grandchildren to grow up in a 
world where this kind of 
suppression exists.  
♪ Rise up ♪
>> I'm Sara Gideon, and I'm 
running to represent Maine in 
the US Senate.  Every day, I see
the caring resilient spirit that
will get us through this crisis.
Americans are looking out for 
one another.  It's time we had 
leadership in Washington that 
did the same.  With Joe Biden in
the White House and a democratic
Senate, I know we can build back
our economy and our communities 
even stronger, but tonight, I am
here to welcome someone who has 
strong ties to our state and is 
here in Maine with me.  She is 
reminding all of us to keep 
fighting through, with her song 
that she is performing, back in 
my body.  Please help me welcome
someone who is an inspiration to
all of us, and one of my 
favorite artists, Maggie Rogers.
[ Music playing: "Back in my 
Body" by Maggie Rogers ]
I was stopped in London when I 
felt it coming down
Crushing all around me with a 
great triumphant sound
Like the dam was breaking and my
mind came rushing in
I was stopped in London, oh, I 
was awakening
I was
I was so embarrassed and I 
almost ran away
Two times round the block before
I decided to stay
Puffed along a cigarette that 
went and made me sick
Spent another day pretending I 
was over it
This time I know I'm fighting
This time I know I'm (back in my
body)
This time I know I'm fighting
This time I know I'm back in my 
 
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
This time I know I'm fighting 
this time I know I'm back in my 
body, oh, back in my body, oh 
I'm back in my body, oh, I'm 
back in my body, oh, oh, oh, oh 
[ applause ]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> When the COVID-19 pandemic 
hit, all I could think about 
were my students and their 
families. 
>> All of the suffering and pain
and death that really didn't 
have to be this way.  
>> If we had leadership in place
that would have taken this 
pandemic seriously in the 
beginning, we would not be in a 
situation we are in now.  
>> We still at this time don't 
have the necessary PPE. 
>> And I am very worried about 
what is in front of us.  We are 
going to have classrooms that 
maybe have not been sanitized 
properly, because we don't have 
the money for that kind of 
equipment.  We are going to have
classrooms packed with students,
and so the virus is going to be 
hard to contain.  So this is 
very dangerous for the safety of
our kids.  
>> I hope that the new 
leadership takes American lives 
seriously.  
>> I know Joe Biden understands 
that the only way to keep people
safe and our economy strong is 
to follow the recommendations of
doctors, and we want to do 
everything we can to get Joe 
Biden elected.  
♪ Rise up ♪
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER:  Hello 
America.  I'm Governor Gretchen 
Whitmer, or as Donald Trump 
calls me, "that woman from 
Michigan."
Tonight, I'm here at UAW Local 
652 in Lansing, Michigan.  Auto 
workers in this union and across
our state could have lost their 
jobs, if not for Barack Obama 
and Joe Biden.  
In 2009, the Obama Biden 
Administration inherited the 
worst economic crisis since the 
Great Depression.  The auto 
industry on the brink of 
collapse. A million jobs at 
stake.  But President Obama and 
Vice President Biden didn't 
waste time blaming anybody else 
or shirking their 
responsibility.  They got to 
work. They brought together 
union members, companies, and 
lawmakers on both sides of the 
aisle, and they saved the auto 
industry. And wouldn't you know,
just a few months ago, as our 
nation began battling COVID-19, 
auto workers across Michigan 
sprang into action. They started
making protective equipment for 
doctors and nurses on the front 
lines.
Let me break it down:  President
Obama and Vice President Biden 
saved these auto workers' 
livelihoods. Then these workers 
did their part to save American 
lives.  That's the story of this
great nation.  Action begets 
action.  Progress begets 
progress.  And when we work 
together, we can accomplish 
anything.  After all, democracy 
is a team sport, especially now.
It's crucial that we rally 
together to fight this virus and
build our economy back better.  
From the jump, we took this 
pandemic seriously in Michigan. 
We listened to medical experts. 
We planned. And with a lot of 
help from the auto workers, and 
too little help from the White 
House, we executed our plan. We 
saved thousands of lives.  
Just imagine if we had a 
national strategy, so everyone 
who needs a test gets one for 
free, so everyone has access to 
a safe vaccine, so our kids and 
educators have the resources 
they need to safely get back to 
school.  
With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
in the White House, we will.  
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will
It'll be science, not politics 
or ego, that will drive their 
decisions.  They know the health
of our people goes hand in hand 
with the strength of our 
economy.  They know action 
begets action. 
Over the past few months, we 
have learned what's essential, 
rising to the challenge, not 
denying it.  We have learned who
is essential, too:  Not just the
wealthiest among us, not just a 
president who fights his fellow 
Americans, rather than fight the
virus that's killing us and our 
economy.  It's the people who 
put their own health at risk to 
care for the rest of us.  They 
are the MVPs, the nurses and the
doctors, the utility workers, 
truck drivers and grocery 
clerks, the childcare workers, 
the parents, the teachers, the 
mail carriers and the auto 
workers.  
So many of these essential 
workers have lost their lives to
COVID.  Nearly a thousand health
care workers, more than 170,000 
people across America, including
a 5-year-old girl named Skylar 
from Detroit, whose mom is a 
police officer and dad is a 
firefighter.  
Generation after generation, our
nation has been defined by what 
we do or what we fail to do.  
So, for Skylar, for her parents,
and in the memory of all of 
those we have lost, let us act. 
Let us heal as one nation.  Let 
us find strength to do the work.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> We the people means all of 
the people, even those with whom
we might not agree, even those 
we might not expect to see at a 
democratic convention, but Joe 
Biden is a guy who has earned 
the respect he commands across 
the world and across the aisle. 
The stakes in this election call
for that kind of leadership.  We
have to think about more than 
one party.  We have to think 
about the very core of our 
democracy.  And that's why 
you're about to hear from some 
unexpected voices.  
>> I'm Governor Christine Todd 
Whitman.  What am I doing here? 
I'm a lifelong republican.  My 
parents were introduced to each 
other at a Republican National 
Convention.  That's how far back
it goes, but this isn't about a 
democrat or a republican.  It's 
about a person, a person decent 
and stable enough to get our 
economy back on track, a person 
who can work with everyone, 
democrats and republicans to get
things done.  Donald Trump isn't
that person.  Joe Biden is.  
I'm Meg Whitman, a long time 
republican and a long time CEO, 
and let me tell you, Donald 
Trump has no clue how to run a 
business, let alone an economy. 
Joe Biden, on the other hand, 
has a plan that will strengthen 
our economy for working people 
and small business owners.  For 
me, the choice is simple:  I'm 
with Joe.  
>> Hi.  I'm Susan.  I'm a former
republican member of Congress 
from New York City, and I have 
known Donald Trump for most of 
my political career.  So 
disappointing, and lately so 
disturbing.  Now, I have also 
gotten to know and work with Joe
Biden on issues related to women
that are so important to all of 
us, women in business, violence 
against women.  That's why I'm 
so proud to call him my friend 
and honored to join and support 
him in his candidacy for 
president.  He's a really good 
man, and he is exactly what this
nation needs at this time.  
Now I'm delighted and honored to
introduce a former colleague of 
mine, the former Congressman 
from Ohio, the former Governor 
of Ohio, John Kasich.  
>> America is at a cross roads. 
Sometimes elections represent a 
real choice, a choice we make as
individuals and as a nation, 
about which path we want to take
when we have come to challenging
times.  America is at that cross
roads today.  The stakes in this
election are greater than any in
modern times.  Many of us have 
been deeply concerned about the 
current path we have been 
following for the past four 
years.  It's a path that's led 
to division, dysfunction, 
irresponsibility and growing 
vitriol between our citizens.  
Continuing to follow that path 
will have terrible consequences 
for America's soul, because we 
are being taken down the wrong 
road by a president who has 
pitted one against the other.  
He's unlike all of our best 
leaders before him, who worked 
to unite us, to bridge our 
differences, and lead us to a 
united America.  
I'm a lifelong republican, but 
that attachment holds second 
place to my responsibility to my
country.  That's why I have 
chosen to appear at this 
convention.  
In normal times, something like 
this would probably never 
happen, but these are not normal
times.  I'm proud of my 
republican heritage.  It's the 
party of Lincoln, who reflected 
its founding principles of unity
and a higher purpose, but what I
have witnessed these past four 
years belies those principles.  
Many of us can't imagine four 
more years going down this path,
and that's why I'm asking you to
join with me in choosing a 
better way forward.  
I believe the best of America 
lies ahead, but only when we 
rediscovered our shared belief 
in the United States of America,
for our children's future, which
can be bright, hopeful, and 
inspired, if we choose to make 
it so.  I have known Joe Biden 
for 30 years.  I know his story 
of profound grief that has so 
deeply affected his character.  
I know Joe as a good man, a man 
of faith, a unifier, someone who
understands the hopes and dreams
of the common man and the common
woman, a man who can help us to 
see the humanity in each other. 
He knows that the path to a 
restored and rejuvenated America
lies in respect and unity and a 
common purpose for everyone.  
Yes, there are areas where Joe 
and I absolutely disagree, but 
that's okay, because that's 
America, because whatever our 
differences, we respect one 
another as human beings, each of
us searching for justice and for
purpose.  
We can all see what's going on 
in our country today and all of 
the questions that are facing 
us, and no one person or party 
has all of the answers, but what
we do know is that we can do 
better than what we have been 
seeing today, for sure, and I 
know that Joe Biden, with his 
experience and his wisdom and 
his decency, can bring us 
together to help us find that 
better way.  
I am sure there are republicans 
and independents who couldn't 
imagine crossing over to support
a democrat.  They fear Joe may 
turn sharp left and leave them 
behind.  
I don't believe that, because I 
know the measure of the man.  
He's reasonable, faithful, 
respectful, and, you know, no 
one pushes Joe around.  
Joe Biden is a man for our 
times, times that call for all 
of us to take off our partisan 
hats and put our nation first 
for ourselves, and, of course, 
for our children.  
When America chooses the right 
path and pulls together, like we
have done so many times before, 
you know, we can dream big 
dreams, and we can see the top 
of the mountain as a United 
States of America, with a soul 
that is a beacon of freedom to 
the entire world.  
♪ Rise up ♪
♪ Come on rise up ♪
>> Hello.  My name is Terry 
Williams, and I have been a 
republican for all of my life. 
>> A lifelong republican. 
>> A republican. 
>> I'm a lifelong republican. 
>> I have been a longstanding 
republican, and I'm telling you,
you have got to vote for Joe 
Biden. 
>> I have voted for and 
campaigned for republicans since
the Reagan years, but I won't be
voting for Donald Trump in 
November. 
>> I am supporting Joe Biden for
president. 
>> We need a positive leader, 
someone who can work with both 
sides, republicans and the 
democrats.  
>> I don't think we can deal 
with the type of person we have 
in the White House any longer.  
>> Vote America.  That's the 
only way to get out of this.  
And Joe Biden is just the person
to ensure we get our lives back 
to normal.  
>> Joe Biden is a decent man, 
with a long history of public 
service to America. 
>> He will restore order and 
integrity to the executive 
branch. 
>> I would strongly encourage 
all of us to come together. 
>> And hopefully return our 
country's political discourse 
back to some measure of normalcy
and decency.  
>> I am sure, I am absolutely 
sure he's going to help us bring
this country together once 
again.  
♪ Rise up ♪
>> And now, from Alabama, 
Senator Doug Jones.
>> SENATOR JONES:  I am Senator 
Doug Jones from the great state 
of Alabama.  Growing up in the 
south meant growing up in the 
midst of stark divisions, but it
was here in Alabama where Rosa 
Parks helped ignite a movement 
by refusing to give up her seat 
a bus, where Freedom Riders of 
different races came together in
pursuit of equality, and it was 
here in Alabama, where John 
Lewis marched across a bridge 
toward freedom.  From a young 
age, I knew hope came from young
people working to heal our 
divisions.  It's what led me to 
become a United States Attorney,
where I convicted two Klansmen 
who murdered two young girls, 
delivering long overdue justice.
Alabama has shown me that even 
our deepest divisions can be 
overcome, because each of us 
want the same thing, to be 
treated fairly and given the 
same opportunities and the 
freedom to live with dignity and
respect.  
Now some politicians try to pit 
us against each other, but I 
believe that Americans have more
in common than what divides us, 
and in November, we have a 
chance to elect a president who 
believes that too.  
I have known Joe for more than 
40 years.  I met him as a 
wide-eyed law student, and he 
has been my friend and champion 
ever since.  The Joe I know is 
exactly the leader our country 
needs right now.  He can bring 
people together to find common 
ground while standing up for 
what he believes is right.  
After years of bitter 
partisanship, he can unite our 
country and get things done for 
working families and everyone 
working for a better future.  
It's not about what side of the 
aisle we are on.  It's about 
whether we are on the side of 
the people.  The great John 
Lewis would often quote the old 
African proverb, when you pray, 
move your feet.  If we care for 
the community, we must move our 
feet, our hands, our resources, 
to build, not tear down; to 
reconcile, not to divide; to 
love and not to hate; to heal 
and not to kill.  
In the final analysis, we are 
one people, one family, one 
house, the American house, the 
American family.  
Vice President Biden understands
that, and he is who we need as 
our next president.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Here we are on
a Monday night in 2020, and we 
need to talk about the post 
office, the U.S. Postal Service.
It is central to so much of our 
lives.  Veterans count on the 
post office to get their 
prescriptions.  Social Security 
beneficiaries count on the post 
office to get their checks.  
Grandparents depend on the post 
office to send birthday cards to
their grandkids.  Small 
businesses need the post office 
to do business.  
And guess what?  The post office
is also one of the ways we cast 
our votes.  To find out how to 
exercise that right this 
November, whether by mail or in 
person, text VOTE to 30330.  
And here to say more is the 
first Latina elected to the 
United States Senate, Senator 
Catherine Cortez Masto.  
>> SENATOR CORTEZ MASTO:  Hello.
I'm Senator Catherine Cortez 
Masto from Nevada.  This year, 
more Americans than ever before 
are going to vote from rooms 
just like this, marking their 
ballots at the kitchen table and
exercising one of their most 
fundamental rights from home.  
But despite what the president 
says, voting by mail has been a 
secure, proven option for 
decades.  In 2016, 33 million 
Americans voted by mail.  Even 
Donald Trump has requested an 
absentee ballot twice this year.
This fall, some Americans will 
choose to vote in a voting booth
with a mask on, while many of us
will choose to vote by mail. 
My home state took the advice of
scientists and medical experts 
and listened to the people of 
Nevada to put in place a vote by
mail system, so voters have a 
lot of options this fall.  
But Donald Trump is trying to 
divide us by undermining that 
right.  He has threatened to 
withhold federal funding to 
Nevada because of our vote by 
mail system.  That's funding our
schools and seniors rely on.  He
has challenged us in court with 
a meritless lawsuit, one that 
our republican Secretary of 
State has asked the judge to 
dismiss, and now he is putting 
the lives of Nevada seniors at 
risk by trying to defund the 
post office.  
Here's what that means:  Seniors
won't be able to get their 
prescriptions, because he wants 
to win an election.  Well, 
Mr. President, Nevada is not 
intimidated by you.  America is 
not intimidated by you.  We are 
united by shared values, shared 
history, and shared rights, 
including our fundamental right 
to vote.  And this fall, we will
send Joe Biden to the White 
House, and we'll flip the US 
Senate.  With Mitch McConnell 
out of power and a democratic 
majority in the Senate, we will 
expand voting access and protect
voting rights.  To do this, 
America, we need you on our 
side, so go to JoeBiden.com 
right now to chip in, and then 
head over to fliptheSenate.com 
to help us take back the Senate.
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell
know how to divide, but we know 
how to stand together and turn 
this country around.  
>> This year, we had an historic
field of presidential 
candidates, an historic number 
of women, including our vice 
presidential nominee, Kamala 
Harris, more candidates of color
than any primary ever, and the 
first openly gay man to win a 
caucus.  
This party, the Democratic 
Party, welcomes everyone, 
encourages everyone to lead, and
invites everyone's ideas to 
ensure this country builds back 
better.  This is what our next 
speaker believes, too, Senator 
Amy Klobuchar.  
>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR: 
>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR:  Hello, 
America. 
Like my friend Catherine, I 
believe that the right to vote 
is fundamental, and the post 
office is essential. You know, 
the president may hate the post 
office, but he's still going to 
have to send them a change of 
address card in January.
Donald Trump just happens to be 
in my state today, trying to 
divide the people instead of 
responding to the pandemic and 
the significant needs of our 
economy, but democrats, 
independents, and, yes, many 
republicans have had enough of 
his divisiveness.  Tonight, my 
friends, in contrast, we have 
heard a lot about how we can 
unite as Americans, about our 
shared values, our shared 
dreams, how we have come 
together in the face of crisis, 
but I want to be clear:  Unity 
isn't about settling.  It's 
about striving for something 
more.  It isn't the end, it's 
the means.  It's how we get 
stuff done.  Unity is about 
reaching up toward a higher 
purpose, a better future for all
of us.  E pluribus unum, out of 
many, one.  It is more than a 
motto.  It's the North Star for 
our democracy.  
Now more than ever, we need a 
president who will unite this 
country.  We need a president 
who, in George Floyd's memory, 
instead of using the Bible as a 
prop will heed its words, to act
justly.  We need a president for
the workers who have lost their 
jobs, because this 
administration is selling 
American workers out when we 
need to buy American, for the 
farmers and manufacturers and 
the people of rural America who 
are sick and tired of reaping 
what he has sewn.  We need a 
president who will look out for 
the seniors, like my dad, whose 
families now visit them through 
glass windows, never knowing if 
it will be the last time they 
see them.  
We need a president for all of 
America.  I come from the middle
of this country, where we 
believe in people joining 
together to solve problems.  We 
seek common ground to reach 
higher ground.  That's been Joe 
Biden's life's work.  He is a 
man of scrappy, working class 
roots, a man whose own hardships
have only made him more 
determined to lift up those who 
have been left out.  He 
understands redemption, and he 
knows resilience.  
Joe Biden is a man of deep 
experience.  Barack Obama, 
better known tonight as 
Michelle's husband, he leaned on
Joe for his strength and 
decency, and you can too.  
You know, most candidates, when 
they end their campaign, that 
day is a hard one.  For me, it 
was a moment filled with great 
joy, because the day I ended my 
presidential campaign was also 
the day I endorsed Joe Biden.  
Joe ran for the same reasons I 
did.  When I announced my 
campaign on the middle of the 
banks of the Mississippi river, 
to cross the divide, to bring 
the nation together, to be a 
president for all of America.  
As I said the day I endorsed 
him, if you feel stuck in the 
middle of the extremes in our 
politics, if you are tired of 
the noise and the nonsense, you 
have a home with me, and you 
have a home with Joe Biden.  
That's why I was so proud to 
stand with him then and across 
this great country.  That's why 
we are all now standing united 
behind Joe and my friend Kamala.
Our nation's motto is out of 
many, one, and as you are about 
to see, it's also the story of 
the democratic primary.  
Thank you, America.  
>> We all ran for president 
motivated by the same reason. 
>> As I watched President Trump 
divide this country more and 
more, I thought to myself, what 
are you willing to do to stop 
him?  
>> You have the most 
destructive, hateful, racist 
president in the history of this
country, who is literally 
tearing apart the fabric of the 
United States of America.  
>> Donald Trump is a failed 
business person and desperately 
failed us as a president.  
>> We will run!  
>> I ran for president, because 
I think it's urgent that we heal
the divisions in this nation. 
>> We are still in control of 
our own future.  
>> And we need to provide 
millions of Americans a real 
path forward.  
>> A green jobs program. 
>> Increasing the minimum wage. 
>> Passing a national paid leave
bill. 
>> Student loan debt. 
>> Mental health, starting with 
our veterans.  
>> Reproductive justice.  
>> Economic justice.  
>> Racial justice.  
>> And there is so much a new 
president can do to bring us 
together.  
>> It's time to get up and give 
back.  
>> Starting a presidential 
campaign is daunting.  I mean, 
you have to reach hundreds of 
millions of people.  
>> You have these incredibly 
long days, often capped off by 
these evening events that go on 
for hours and hours.  
>> Your challenge as a candidate
is to be true to yourself and 
true to why you ran in the first
place.  That is something, by 
the way, that I really admire 
about Joe Biden.  He really is 
his own man.  He knows who he 
is.  
>> Joe Biden is somebody who 
deeply cares about people, 
people who are marginalized, who
are being left behind, who are 
being ignored.  
>> I'm a D.A.C.A. recipient, and
I owe you everything.  Thank you
so much.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  And 
you're staying, man. 
>> You know, he has had some 
hard times in his life.  He has 
had some losses in his life, and
I think that is something that 
people relate to.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Are 
you doing okay?  
>> Yep, 15 -- close to 15 years 
cancer free.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  God 
love you.  
>> I saw those families who were
so comforted by Joe Biden in 
Afghanistan.  When they walked 
out, they knew someone cared for
for them and could relate to 
their own pain they were having.
We need that in the White House.
>> I remember standing side by 
side with him on the debate 
stage, and we were having a go 
of it, but what's remarkable to 
me, in the commercial break, he 
puts his arm around me and 
starts telling me how good my 
ideas are, and next I think you 
know, I feel like he's giving me
a pep talk and literally telling
me how important it is, how 
really important it is that I'm 
on that stage.  
>> Joe called me the night I 
suspended and was 
extraordinarily gracious and 
comforting, and he told me I 
should be proud of myself and 
said that I did myself and my 
family a real service and the 
country a service, and that 
meant a lot coming from Joe.  
>> Look, it's not easy to unite 
the Democratic Party.  We are a 
rambunctious group.  Joe Biden 
has pulled it off. 
>> He wants to get the best 
ideas on the table so we can 
move forward in the best way 
possible.  
>> He's included my family bill 
of rights. 
>> He has unified our group 
around a clean energy strategy. 
>> The domestic workers bill of 
rights, I am very excited that 
that's in there. 
>> He's the kind of leader that 
brings other leaders in.  
>> This is a guy that's going to
walk into the oval office and 
not have to find his way around,
but it will actually walk in and
have already sort of honed the 
instincts that you need to lead 
the most powerful nation on 
Earth through a crisis.  
>> On the other side, Donald 
Trump does not understand who we
are as Americans.  He really 
doesn't.  This is a guy that 
blames everyone for everything. 
You know, he blames the City of 
Baltimore.  He blames the 
country of Denmark.  He blames 
the prime minister of Canada for
cutting him out of the Canadian 
version of Home Alone 2.  Who 
does that?  
>> There are no sidelines.  
There's no sitting this one out.
There's no hoping that someone 
else is going to come in and 
save the day.  There is no 
cavalry.  We are the cavalry.  
>> The moment has found the 
person.  That person is Joe 
Biden.  
>> Joe has my vote, because he 
will bring decency and dignity 
back to the White House. 
>> We have got one shot to make 
Donald Trump a one-term 
president, and that shot is 
right now.  
>> It's Joe time!  
>> The next president, right 
here.  
>> EVA LONGORIA:  We understand 
that things are tough right now 
economically, but if we are 
going to beat Donald Trump in 
November, we need your help.  If
you're able to go to 
JoeBiden.com, chip in five, $10,
whatever you can, to fund the 
change we need to save our 
democracy, because every bit 
matters, and it's going to take 
all of us to make this happen, 
and no one knows that more than 
our next speaker, the 
Biden-Harris campaign's 
co-chair, Representative Cedric 
Richmond from New Orleans, 
Louisiana.  
>> REPRESENTATIVE RICHMOND:  
Think about the places that make
your neighborhood feel like 
home, the barbershop where you 
can catch up on the latest 
neighborhood news while you get 
your haircut, the restaurant 
where they know your order by 
heart, or this art studio, where
a creative guy with a great idea
and a ton of hustle turned an 
abandoned building into a second
home for the entire community.  
You know, economists will tell 
you that small businesses like 
this one are critically 
important to our recovery.  But 
they are also just plain 
important.  Without them, the 
places we call home just 
wouldn't be the same.  That's 
the thing Joe Biden understands 
that Donald Trump never has and 
never will.  
When we talk about the economy, 
it's not just about the stock 
market.  It's about whether you 
can find work that really means 
something to you, instead of 
feeling like you're supposed to 
be grateful just to get a 
paycheck.  
It's about whether people who 
didn't inherit millions from 
their parents can build a 
business from the ground up and 
have a real chance to compete, 
and it's about whether in the 
richest country on Earth 
everyone, including women and 
people of color, feel included 
and empowered.  
Economists will also tell you 
that Joe Biden's plan to rebuild
our economy will create millions
of jobs, but Joe will tell you 
that his plan is about more than
that, because he's seen the 
world from a different 
perspective than most 
politicians.  He knows what it's
like to live in a real 
neighborhood, not just penthouse
apartments.  He knows what it's 
like to take the train to work, 
not just a chauffeured 
limousine.  That's why he looks 
at our economic challenges the 
same way working people do, and 
he'll solve them in a way that 
puts working people first.  Joe 
Biden respects America's 
workers, because he truly 
understands the dignity of work.
>> You know, it was mostly small
talk when we first met.  
♪ ♪
When I would collect his ticket,
and time went on, I learned more
and more about him, as our 
friendship grew.  I think he's 
most comfortable around every 
day working class people.  He 
just always makes you feel -- 
feel like you belong.  
♪ ♪
>> For more than 30 years, Joe 
Biden took the train to work.  
As a single dad, he promised to 
be home to kiss the boys every 
night and then make them 
breakfast in the morning.  
>> When he got on the train, 
everyone seemed equal to him.  
He had time for everybody.  
>> Joe was a regular.  He bought
rounds of coffee for fellow 
passengers and crew, and he got 
to know the people he traveled 
with.  
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  These 
guys broke their necks.  They 
are always rocking, keeping 
their balance, collecting 
tickets, helping people with 
bags heavy as hell, and they 
were doing this for hours, and 
we became really good friends. 
>> He was very interested in my 
life, my children.  As time went
on, my grandchildren.  People 
don't do that today.  People 
don't even take time out to say 
hello or nod their head to the 
average working person.  He 
looked at us like we were 
important people.  
>> He would treat the conductor 
the same as he would the 
President of the United States. 
That is what Dad taught us, that
everybody deserves to be treated
with dignity and respect.  
>> After Joe became Vice 
President, he cut down on his 
commute, but he kept in touch.  
When Greg Weaver had a heart 
attack, he got a phone call. 
>> I was in a barbershop in 
New York City, and the phone 
rings, and sure enough, it was 
Vice President Biden asking me 
how I'm doing.  He wanted to 
know the whole story.  It was 
kind of funny, that you're 
talking to the Vice President of
the United States, but if I 
would have told that to the 
people in the barbershop, I 
don't think they would have 
believed me.  
I'm not saying it like it was me
and I was special; everybody was
special to him.  We have heroes 
all over this country, and a lot
of the essential workers out 
there that we don't even see 
that are behind the scenes, they
are keeping this country going. 
He understands that.  The 
average guy is important to him.
The average guy is important to 
him.  
>> SENATOR SANDERS:  Good 
evening.  Our great nation is 
now living in an unprecedented 
moment.  We are facing the worst
public health crisis in a 
hundred years, and the worst 
economic collapse since the 
Great Depression.  We are 
confronting systemic racism and 
the enormous threat to our 
planet of climate change, and in
the midst of all of this, we 
have a president who is not only
incapable of addressing these 
crises but is leading us down 
the path of authoritarianism.  
This election is the most 
important in the modern history 
of this country.  In response to
the unprecedented crises we 
face, we need an unprecedented 
response, a movement like never 
before of people who are 
prepared to stand up and fight 
for democracy and decency and 
against greed, oligarchy, and 
bigotry, and we need Joe Biden 
as our next president.  
Let me take this opportunity to 
say a word to the millions of 
people who supported my campaign
this year and in 2016.  
My friends, thank you for your 
trust, your support, and the 
love you showed Jane, me, and 
our family.  Together, we have 
moved this country in a bold new
direction, showing that all of 
us, black and white, Latino, 
Native American, Asian-American,
gay and straight, native-born 
and immigrant, yearn for a 
nation based on the principles 
of justice, love, and 
compassion.  
Our campaign ended several 
months ago, but our movement 
continues and is getting 
stronger every day.  Many of the
ideas we fought for, that just a
few years ago were considered 
radical, are now mainstream.  
But let us be clear, if Donald 
Trump is reelected, all the 
progress we have made will be in
jeopardy.  At its most basic, 
this election is about 
preserving our democracy.  
During this president's term, 
the unthinkable has become 
normal.  He has tried to prevent
people from voting, undermined 
the U.S. Postal Service, 
deployed the military and 
federal agents against peaceful 
protesters, threatened to delay 
the election, and suggested that
he will not leave office if he 
loses.  
This is not normal, and we must 
never treat it like it is.  
Under this administration, 
authoritarianism has taken root 
in our country.  I and my 
family, and many of yours, know 
the insidious way 
authoritarianism destroys 
democracy, decency, and 
humanity.  As long as I am here,
I will work with progressives, 
with moderates, and, yes, with 
conservatives to preserve this 
nation from a threat that so 
many of our heroes fought and 
died to defeat.  
This president is not just a 
threat to our democracy, but by 
rejecting science, he has put 
our lives and health in 
jeopardy.  Trump has attacked 
doctors and scientists, trying 
to protect us from the pandemic,
while refusing to take strong 
action to produce the masks, 
gowns and gloves our health care
workers desperately need.  
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. 
Trump golfs.  His actions fanned
this pandemic, resulting in over
170,000 deaths in a nation still
unprepared to protect its pe
e
people.  
Furthermore, Trump's negligence 
has exacerbated the economic 
crisis we are now experiencing. 
Since this pandemic began, over 
30 million people have lost 
their jobs, and many have lost 
their health insurance.  
Millions of working families are
wondering how they will feed 
their kids, and they are worried
that they will be evicted from 
their homes.  
And how has Trump responded?  
Instead of maintaining the $600 
a week unemployment supplement 
that workers were receiving and 
the $1,200 emergency checks that
many of you received, instead of
helping small businesses, Trump 
concocted fraudulent executive 
orders that do virtually nothing
do address the crisis, while 
threatening the very future of 
Social Security and Medicare.  
But the truth is that even 
before Trump's negligent 
response to this pandemic, too 
many hardworking families have 
been caught on an economic 
treadmill with no hope of ever 
getting ahead.  Together, we 
must build a nation that is more
equitable, more compassionate, 
and more inclusive.  
I know that Joe Biden will begin
that fight on day one.  
Let me offer you just a few 
examples of how Joe will move us
forward.  Joe supports raising 
the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
This will give 40 million 
workers a pay raise and push the
wage scale up for everyone else.
Joe will also make it easier for
workers to join unions, create 
12 weeks of paid family leave, 
fund universal pre-K for three 
and four-year-olds, and make 
childcare affordable for 
millions of families.  
Joe will rebuild our crumbling 
infrastructure and fight the 
threat of climate change by 
transitioning us to 100% clean 
electricity over the next 
15 years.  
These initiatives will create 
millions of good paying jobs all
across our country.  
As you know, we are the only 
industrialized nation not to 
guarantee health care for all 
people.  While Joe and I 
disagree on the best path to get
universal coverage, he has a 
plan that will greatly expand 
health care and cut the cost of 
prescription drugs.  
Further, he will lower the 
eligibility age of Medicare from
65 down to 60.  To help reform 
our broken criminal justice 
system, Joe will end private 
prisons, detention centers, cash
bail, and the school to prison 
pipeline, and to heal the soul 
of our nation, Joe Biden will 
end the hate and division Trump 
has created.  He will stop the 
demonization of immigrants, the 
coddling of white nationalists, 
the racist dog whistling, the 
religious bigotry and the ugly 
attacks on women.  
My friends, I say to you, to 
everyone who supported other 
candidates in the primary, and 
to those who may have voted for 
Donald Trump in the last 
election, the future of our 
democracy is at stake.  The 
future of our economy is at 
stake.  The future of our planet
is at stake.  We must come 
together, defeat Donald Trump, 
and elect Joe Biden and Kamala 
Harris as our next president and
vice president.  
My friends, the price of failure
is just too great to imagine.  
Thank you.  
[ Applause ]
>> My American dream is to have 
an America where we have people 
in affordable housing. 
>> We want for every human being
in this country to have access 
to quality health care and 
economic means to care for 
themselves and their families. 
>> Access to quality and 
equitable education. 
>> A system of government that 
protects workers and their 
families. 
>> Joe Biden throughout his 
career has focused on rebuilding
the middle class. 
>> We need a leader that 
actually supports our unions for
our hardworking people. 
>> Real leadership to show 
genuine support for small 
businesses during this downturn 
due to the COVID crisis. 
>> I believe Joe Biden has the 
experience, the platform, and 
the empathy to build America 
back better.  
>> He wants good things for all 
Americans, not just a select 
few.  
♪ Rise up ♪
>> EVA LONGORIA:  The voices we 
long to hear right now are the 
ones that speak with courage and
kindness, strength and wisdom, 
love and compassion.  They are 
unafraid to speak the truth and 
talk about their own 
uncertainties and struggles.  
They make us feel seen and 
inspire us to become the best 
versions of ourselves. 
Our next speaker is that for all
of us.  It is my honor and 
privilege to introduce the 
former first lady, Michelle 
Obama. 
>> MICHELLE OBAMA:  Good 
evening, everyone.  It's a hard 
time, and everyone's feeling it 
in different ways. And I know a 
lot of folks are reluctant to 
tune into a political convention
right now or to politics in 
general. Believe me, I get that.
But I am here tonight because I 
love this country with all my 
heart, and it pains me to see so
many people hurting.
I've met so many of you. I've 
heard your stories. And through 
you, I have seen this country's 
promise. And thanks to so many 
who came before me, thanks to 
their toil and sweat and blood, 
I've been able to live that 
promise myself. 
That's the story of America, All
those folks who sacrificed and 
overcame so much in their own 
times because they wanted 
something more, something better
for their kids.  There's a lot 
of beauty in that story. There's
a lot of pain in it, too, a lot 
of struggle and injustice and 
work left to do. And who we 
choose as our president in this 
election will determine whether 
or not we honor that struggle 
and chip away at that injustice 
and keep alive the very 
possibility of finishing that 
work. 
I am one of a handful of people 
living today who have seen 
firsthand the immense weight and
awesome power of the presidency.
And let me once again tell you 
this: The job is hard. It 
requires clear-headed judgement,
a mastery of complex and 
competing issues, a devotion to 
facts and history, a moral 
compass, and an ability to 
listen  and an abiding belief 
that each of the 330,000,000 
lives in this country has 
meaning and worth. 
A president's words have the 
power to move markets. They can 
start wars or broker peace. They
can summon our better angels or 
awaken our worst instincts. You 
simply cannot fake your way 
through this job.
As I've said before, being 
president doesn't change who you
are; it reveals who you are. 
Well, a presidential election 
can reveal who we are, too. And 
four years ago, too many people 
chose to believe that their 
votes didn't matter. Maybe they 
were fed up. Maybe they thought 
the outcome wouldn't be close. 
Maybe the barriers felt too 
steep.  Whatever the reason, in 
the end, those choices sent 
someone to the Oval Office who 
lost the national popular vote 
by nearly 3,000,000 votes. In 
one of the states that 
determined the outcome, the 
winning margin averaged out to 
just two votes per precinct -- 
two votes -- and we've all been 
living with the consequences. 
When my husband left office with
Joe Biden at his side, we had a 
record-breaking stretch of job 
creation. We'd secured the right
to healthcare for 20,000,000 
people. We were respected around
the world, rallying our allies 
to confront climate change. And 
our leaders had worked hand in 
hand with scientists to help 
prevent an Ebola outbreak from 
becoming a global pandemic. 
Four years later, the state of 
this nation is very different. 
More than 150,000 people have 
died, and our economy is in 
shambles because of a virus that
this president downplayed for 
too long. It has left millions 
of people jobless. Too many have
lost their healthcare; too many 
are struggling to take care of 
basic necessities like food and 
rent; too many communities have 
been left in the lurch to 
grapple with whether and how to 
open our schools safely. 
Internationally, we've turned 
our back, not just on agreements
forged by my husband, but on 
alliances championed by 
presidents like Reagan and 
Eisenhower. 
And here at home, as George 
Floyd, Breonna Taylor and a 
never ending list of innocent 
people of color continue to be 
murdered, stating the simple 
fact that a black life matters 
is still met with derision from 
the nation's highest office.  
Because whenever we look to this
White House for some leadership 
or consolation or any semblance 
of steadiness, what we get 
instead is chaos, division, and 
a total and utter lack of 
empathy. 
Empathy, that's something I've 
been thinking a lot about 
lately, the ability to walk in 
someone else's shoes, the 
recognition that someone else's 
experience has value, too. Most 
of us practice this without a 
second thought. If we see 
someone suffering or struggling,
we don't stand in judgement. We 
reach out because "There, but 
for the grace of God, go I." It 
is not a hard concept to grasp. 
It's what we teach our children.
And like so many of you, Barack 
and I have tried our best to 
instill in our girls a strong 
moral foundation to carry 
forward the values that our 
parents and grandparents poured 
into us. But right now, kids in 
this country are seeing what 
happens when we stop requiring 
empathy of one another. They're 
looking around wondering if 
we've been lying to them this 
whole time about who we are and 
what we truly value.  They see 
people shouting in grocery 
stores, unwilling to wear a mask
to keep us all safe. They see 
people calling the police on 
folks minding their own business
just because of the color of 
their skin. They see an 
entitlement that says only 
certain people belong here, that
greed is good and winning is 
everything, because as long as 
you come out on top, it doesn't 
matter what happens to everyone 
else. And they see what happens 
when that lack of empathy is 
ginned up into outright disdain.
They see our leaders labeling 
fellow citizens enemies of the 
state while emboldening 
torch-bearing white 
supremacists. They watch in 
horror as children are torn from
their families and thrown into 
cages, and pepper spray and 
rubber bullets are used on 
peaceful protestors for a photo 
op. 
Sadly, this is the America that 
is on display for the next 
generation, a nation that's 
underperforming not simply on 
matters of policy but on matters
of character. And that's not 
just disappointing; it's 
downright infuriating, because I
know the goodness and the grace 
that is out there in households 
and neighborhoods all across 
this nation.  And I know that 
regardless of our race, age, 
religion or politics, when we 
close out the noise and the fear
and truly open our hearts, we 
know that what's going on in 
this country is just not right. 
This is not who we want to be. 
So what do we do now? What's our
strategy? Over the past four 
years, a lot of people have 
asked me, "When others are going
so low, does going high still 
really work?" My answer: Going 
high is the only thing that 
works, because when we go low, 
when we use those same tactics 
of degrading and dehumanizing 
others, we just become part of 
the ugly noise that's drowning 
out everything else. We degrade 
ourselves. We degrade the very 
causes for which we fight. 
But let's be clear: "Going high"
does not mean putting on a smile
and saying nice things when 
confronted by viciousness and 
cruelty. Going high means taking
the harder path. It means 
scraping and clawing our way to 
that mountain top. Going high 
means standing fierce against 
hatred while remembering that we
are one nation under God, and if
we want to survive, we've got to
find a way to live together and 
work together across our 
differences.  And going high 
means unlocking the shackles of 
lies and mistrust with the only 
thing that can truly set us 
free:  The cold hard truth. 
So let me be as honest and clear
as I possibly can:  Donald Trump
is the wrong president for our 
country. He has had more than 
enough time to prove that he can
do the job, but he is clearly in
over his head. He cannot meet 
this moment. He simply cannot be
who we need him to be for us. It
is what it is. 
Now, I understand that my 
message won't be heard by some 
people. We live in a nation that
is deeply divided, and I am a 
black woman speaking at the 
Democratic Convention. But 
enough of you know me by now. 
You know that I tell you exactly
what I'm feeling. You know I 
hate politics. But you also know
that I care about this nation. 
You know how much I care about 
all of our children. 
So if you take one thing from my
words tonight, it is this: If 
you think things cannot possibly
get worse, trust me, they can, 
and they will if we don't make a
change in this election. If we 
have any hope of ending this 
chaos, we have got to vote for 
Joe Biden like our lives depend 
on it. 
I know Joe. He is a profoundly 
decent man, guided by faith. He 
was a terrific vice president. 
He knows what it takes to rescue
an economy, beat back a 
pandemic, and lead our country. 
And he listens. He will tell the
truth and trust science. He will
make smart plans and manage a 
good team. And he will govern as
someone who's lived a life that 
the rest of us can recognize.
When he was a kid, Joe's father 
lost his job. When he was a 
young senator, Joe lost his wife
and his baby daughter. And when 
he was vice president, he lost 
his beloved son. So Joe knows 
the anguish of sitting at a 
table with an empty chair, which
is why he gives his time so 
freely to grieving parents. Joe 
knows what it's like to 
struggle, which is why he gives 
his personal phone number to 
kids overcoming a stutter of 
their own. 
His life is a testament to 
getting back up, and he is going
to channel that same grit and 
passion to pick us all up, to 
help us heal and guide us 
forward. 
Now, Joe is not perfect. And 
he'd be the first to tell you 
that. But there is no perfect 
candidate, no perfect president.
And his ability to learn and 
grow, we find in that the kind 
of humility and maturity that so
many of us yearn for right now, 
because Joe Biden has served 
this nation his entire life 
without ever losing sight of who
he is, but more than that, he 
has never lost sight of who we 
are, all of us. 
Joe Biden wants all of our kids 
to go to a good school, see a 
doctor when they're sick, live 
on a healthy planet, and he's 
got plans to make all of that 
happen. Joe Biden wants all of 
our kids, no matter what they 
look like, to be able to walk 
out the door without worrying 
about being harassed or arrested
or killed. He wants all of our 
kids to be able to go to a movie
or a math class without being 
afraid of getting shot. He wants
all our kids to grow up with 
leaders who won't just serve 
themselves and their wealthy 
peers but will provide a safety 
net for people facing hard 
times. 
And if we want a chance to 
pursue any of these goals, any 
of these most basic requirements
for a functioning society, we 
have to vote
for Joe Biden in numbers that
cannot be ignored. Because right
now, folks who know they cannot 
win fair and square at the 
ballot box are doing everything 
they can to stop us from voting.
They're closing down polling 
places in minority 
neighborhoods. They're purging 
voter rolls. They're sending 
people out to intimidate voters,
and they're lying about the 
security of our ballots. These 
tactics are not new. 
But this is not the time to 
withhold our votes in protest or
play games with candidates who 
have no chance of winning. We 
have got to vote like we did in 
2008 and 2012. We've got to show
up with the same level of 
passion and hope for Joe Biden. 
We've got to vote early, in 
person if we can. We've got to 
request our mail in ballots 
right now, tonight, and send 
them back immediately and follow
up to make sure they're 
received, and then make sure our
friends and families do the 
same.  We have got to grab our 
comfortable shoes, put on our 
masks, pack a brown bag dinner 
and maybe breakfast too, because
we've got to be willing to stand
in line all night if we have to.
Look, we have already sacrificed
so much this year. So many of 
you are already going that extra
mile. Even when you're 
exhausted, you're mustering up 
unimaginable courage to put on 
those scrubs and give our loved 
ones a fighting chance. Even 
when you're anxious, you're 
delivering those packages, 
stocking those shelves, and 
doing all that essential work so
that all of us can keep moving 
forward. 
Even when it all feels so 
overwhelming, working parents 
are somehow piecing it all 
together without childcare. 
Teachers are getting creative so
that our kids can still learn 
and grow. Our young people are 
desperately fighting to pursue 
their dreams. 
And when the horrors of systemic
racism shook our country and our
consciences, millions of 
Americans of every age, every 
background rose up to march for 
each other, crying out for 
justice and progress. 
This is who we still are: 
compassionate, resilient, decent
people whose fortunes are bound 
up with one another. And it is 
well past time for our leaders
to once again reflect our truth.
So, it is up to us to add our 
voices and our votes to the 
course of history, echoing 
heroes like John Lewis, who 
said, "When you see something 
that is not right, you must say 
something. You must do 
something." That is the truest 
form of empathy: Not just 
feeling, but doing; not just for
ourselves or our kids, but for 
everyone, for all our kids. 
And if we want to keep the 
possibility of progress alive in
our time, if we want to be able 
to look our children in the eye 
after this election, we have got
to reassert our place in 
American history, and we have 
got to do everything we can to 
elect my friend, Joe Biden, as 
the next president of the United
States. 
Thank you all. God bless.
[ Cheers and applause ] .
>> EVA LONGORIA:  Wow, wow.  
Thank you, Michelle Obama.  You 
are what we miss in this 
country.  We need more of that 
example.  Thank you so much for 
being a part of this 
unconventional convention.  
Thanks to all of y'all who have 
been tuning in.  It's a 
convention about you and for 
you, the American people.  This 
is our chance to hear from those
who will be leading us, our 
nation, out of the current 
crises, on the economy, the 
pandemic, racial injustice, to 
listen and to learn about Joe 
Biden and Kamala Harris's plans 
to bring about changes we all 
need.  This is our chance to 
unite across America.  
In addition, we'll call the 
roll, and we'll hear from the 
future first lady, Dr. Jill 
Biden.  I want to thank you 
again for joining us.  Join us 
for the rest of the week.  This 
is your convention.  This is 
your campaign, and we the People
are going to save this democracy
in November.  
Right now, Billy Porter and 
Steven Stills are going to 
remind us what it's all worth.  
Good night. 
[ Music playing:  "For What It's
Worth" by Billy Porter ] 
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over 
there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, 
children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's 
wrong
Young people speaking their 
minds
Getting so much resistance from 
behind
We gotta stop, children, what's 
that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's s time we stop, children, 
what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Down, down, down, down, down
Oh, ooh
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always 
afraid (don't be afraid y'all)
You step out of line, the man 
come and take you away
We better stop, children, what's
that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, look around
Everybody knows what's going 
down
Stop, hey, look around
Everybody knows what's going 
down
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
We need a change
Change for good
(Change)
(Change)
Oh, ooh
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♪ ♪
>> We the people call the 48th 
democratic national convention 
to order.  
>> We gather unified in our 
values and purpose. 
>> It's up to us to carry on the
fight for justice.  Our actions 
will be their legacies. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  You 
have just got to keep pushing.  
You can't let up.  
>> Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 
will lead by example.  It will 
be science, not politics or ego 
that will drive their decisions.
They know the health of our 
people goes hand in hand with 
the city of our economy.  
>> My dad was a healthy 
65-year-old.  His only 
pre-existing condition was 
trusting Donald Trump, and for 
that, he paid with his life. 
>> The future of our democracy 
is at stake.  The future of our 
economy is at stake.  The future
of our planet is at stake.  
>> If we want to be able to look
our children in the eye after 
this election, we have got to 
reassert our place in American 
history, and we have got to to 
do everything we can to elect my
friend Joe Biden as the next 
president of the United States. 
>> Hello.  I am pastor Jared 
Young.  Let us pray together. 
All mighty God, we are grateful 
to you.  We are thankful to you 
for having blessed these United 
States of America to survive the
climate of confusion and chaos, 
racism, and injustice, 
uncertainty, helplessness and 
irresponsibility.  We now, oh 
Lord, invoke your presence and 
participation throughout the 
fe of this convention.  It is 
our prayer that you will enable 
this convention to produce a 
vision that will promote hea
g
healing, hope, and health for 
our nation, a vision that will 
inspire, inform, and be 
inclusive of all Americans, a 
vision that will rekindle in us 
a renewed commitment to the high
ideal of our democracy, that we 
are created equal and are 
endowed by the creator with 
certain inalienable life, that 
among these are life, liberty, 
and the pursuit of happiness.  
We would pray that you would 
grant to those whom we will 
entrust with the authority of 
government to be competent, 
compassionate, courageous, 
committed, and consecrated, and 
guide us, the People, to support
them in all good and wise 
legislation, that we all may 
prosper under an equal law, 
defend our liberties, and grant 
us a sense of our own 
responsibility, achieve unity of
purpose among us, and grant unto
us the victory of faith and 
freedom in the ideals to which 
we are committed as a nation, 
strengthen us with honor and 
grant us peace, provide us, oh 
God, with the strength and 
spiritual sustenance to do 
justly, to love mercy, and to 
walk humbly with our God.  
In the strong name of Jesus, 
amen.  
>> Delegates and distinguished 
guests, we have concluded this 
evening's convention program.  
The convention will stand in 
recess until tomorrow evening.  
[Gavel pounding]
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