>> I AM HEREBY CALLING THE 40TH
SESSION TO ORDER.
WELCOME TO THIS FINAL SESSION OF
THIS HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE
CONVENTION.
♪
>> WE CALL THE 40TH NATIONAL
CONVENTION TO ORDER -- 48TH
NATIONAL CONVENTION TO ORDER.
>> EVERY YEAR, WE COME TOGETHER
TO INFORM OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS YEAR, WE COME TO SAVE IT.
WE FIGHT FOR A MORE PERFECT
UNION, BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING
FOR THE SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY AND
FOR OUR LIVES.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT FIGHT
ISRAEL.
-- IS REAL.
>> WE MUST COME TOGETHER TO
DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP AND SELECT
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS THE WORST
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS HEAD.
HE IS SIMPLY
THAT SHE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE
NEED HIM TO BE FOR US
-- HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE
NEED HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> CARRY ON THE FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE.
OUR ACTION WILL BE THEIR LEGACY.
>> WE JUST NEED LEADERSHIP TO
BRING US BACK TOGETHER, TO
RECOVER FROM THIS PANDEMIC AND
PREPARE FOR WHATEVER ELSE IS
NEXT.
LEADERSHIP TO REIMAGINE WHAT OUR
NATION WILL BE.
THAT IS JOE.
[LAUGHTER]
♪
>> THE NEXT PRESIDENT, RIGHT
HERE.
>> HE WAS THERE FOR ME, HE WILL
BE THERE FOR YOU, TOO.
JOE BIDEN IS A MAN OF PROVEN
COURAGE.
THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE ROLLCALL IS HEADING OUT TO
ALL 57 STATES AND TERRITORIES.
>> I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
VICE PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, HAS
OFFICIALLY BEEN NOMINATED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS OUR
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I WILL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> OUR MISSION IS TO FIGHT FOR
THE FUTURE EQUAL TO THE IDEALS
OF OUR FOUNDERS.
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU FOR ALL
THE WORK YOU DO ON THE FRONT
LINES.
>> WE NEED LEADERS EQUAL TO THIS
MOMENT OF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS.
>> TONIGHT, I AM ASKING YOU TO
BELIEVE IN JOE AND KAMALA'S
ABILITY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY OUT
OF TOUGH TIMES BUILD IT BACK
BETTER.
>> IN THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF
HISTORY.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS FIGHT
TOGETHER.
WHAT AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY.
WHAT AN AWESOME PRIVILEGE.
I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪
>> HI, I'M TOM PEREZ.
THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
WEEK.
IT HAS NOT BEEN THE KIND OF
CONVENTION YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
EXPECTING.
AND TO BE HONEST, IT WAS NOT THE
KIND OF CONVENTION WE HAD
PLANNED FOR.
BUT IN A WAY, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
OVER THE LAST THREE NIGHTS AND
WHAT WE WILL SEE TONIGHT IS A
MORE ACCURATE REFLECTION OF
WHERE OUR COUNTRY IS THAN ANY
TRADITIONAL CONVENTION COULD
HAVE BEEN.
YES, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
HER NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW
THEY WILL TACKLE THE CHALLENGES
WE HAVE FACED AND LEADER COUNTRY
TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT OUR PARTY IS
READY TO LEAD.
NOT JUST NOW, BUT UNDER THE NEXT
GENERATION.
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN THINK
OF THEMSELVES AS POLITICAL.
WORKERS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS,
WORKERS AND THE MIGRANTS,
TEACHERS, NURSES, AND YES, THE
OCCASIONAL CULINARY CHEF.
WHAT HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER
THIS YEAR IS NOT PARTISANSHIP,
IT IS PURPOSE.
THAT IS WHAT HAS ALLOWED US TO
BRING BOTH DIEHARD PROGRESSIVES
IN CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS
UNDER THE THING TEND.
THAT'S WHAT HAS ALLOWED US TO
BUILD A CAMPAIGN WHERE NO STATE,
NO PRECINCT, NO VOTE IS TAKEN
FOR GRANTED.
THAT IS HOW WE BUILD OUR
MOVEMENT.
THAT IS HOW WE WIN UP AND ON THE
BALLOT.
THAT IS HOW WE MAKE CHANGE.
WHEN WE CAN BRING THAT KIND OF
ENERGY TO THE CHALLENGES OUR
NATION FACES, WELL, THERE IS
NOTHING WE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH.
JUST ASK JOE BIDEN, WHO SET HIS
SIGHTS ON A MISSION WHO COULD
CHANGE THE WORLD FOREVER.
CONQUERING CANCER.
>> WE CHOSE TO GO TO THE MOAN
AND -- THE MOON NOT BECAUSE IT
IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD.
>> WHERE THE NEW MOON SHINES,
AMERICA CAN CURE CANCER.
>> I HAVE PUT JOE IN CHARGE OF
MISSION CONTROL.
>> JOE BIDEN SUCCUMBED TO BRING
CANCER SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF
46.
>> HE IS THE ONE WHO WANTED ME
TO STAY.
HE WAS WORRIED I WOULD NOT
CONTINUE TO FIGHT THROUGH THE
THINGS I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP HIS PROMISE.
>> THE MOAN SHOT IS A SYMBOL OF
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT.
-- MOON SHOT IS A SYMBOL OF
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT.
>> IT WILL BE LED BY JOE HIS AIM
AT ENDING THE DISEASE THAT
KILLED VICE PRESIDENT'S SON AND
600,000 OTHER AMERICANS EVERY
YEAR.
>> THINK ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE
GONE THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE
THROUGH WITHOUT 1/10 THE HELP
AND I HAVE HAD.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU ADORE,
YOU BECOME AS EDUCATED AS YOU
CAN KNOWING IT IS A VERY SERIOUS
FORM.
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE
MECHANICS OF CANCER AND THE
DELIVERY SYSTEMS.
THERE ARE SO MANY CHANGES.
I HAVE NO MET WITH OVER 200
ONCOLOGISTS AND CANCER RESEARCH
CENTERS, AND I AM ASKING THEM,
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT ME TO CLEAR
THE WAY FOR?
WHERE ARE WE AN IMPEDIMENT?
>> HE IS DETERMINED.
HE IS NOT GOING TO WALK AWAY
UNTIL THERE IS REAL CHANGE.
♪
>> MRS. ACTUALLY -- THIS IS A
TRULY BIPARTISAN ISSUE.
THE LEADERS IN THIS EFFORT A
REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS
DEMOCRATS.
>> HE'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE EDGE
OF WHAT ANYONE COULD BE EXPECTED
TO BEAR.
>> YOU ARE A MAN OF SUBSTANCE.
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAGEDIES
IN YOUR LIFE.
AND WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE WAY
THAT YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO
THOSE.
>> & THE FAMILY IN AMERICA HAS
BEEN AFFECTED BY -- EVERY SINGLE
FAMILY IN AMERICA HAS BEEN
AFFECTED BY CANCER, AND WE ARE
SO CLOSE.
>> LET'S BE THE COUNTRY THAT
HEARS CANCER ONCE AND FOR ALL --
KIER'S CANCER ONCE AND FOR ALL
-- CURES CANCER ONCE AND FOR
ALL.
>> I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS.
THERE ARE SO MANY BREAKTHROUGHS
JUST ON THE HORIZON.
WE CAN MAKE THEM REAL.
WITH AN ABSOLUTE NATIONAL
COMMITMENT.
WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
ON THE HILL WHO SHARE OUR
PASSION TO SILENCE THIS DEADLY
DISEASE.
I WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT THAT
ENDED CANCER, BECAUSE IT IS
POSSIBLE.
♪
>> I AM AMANDA LITMAN.
ON MAY, 2017, I WAS INVITED TO
JOIN A SMALL MEETING IN BC WITH
A HANDFUL OF OTHER ORGANIZATION
LEADERS AND GIVE UPDATES.
I TRIED TO PLAY EQUAL.
WELL, MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD BE
FURIOUS THAT I WAS AT A MEETING
WITH YOU AND DID NOT GET A
PHOTO.
LET'S CALL HER.
I TOLD HER, SOMEONE WANTS TO
TALK TO YOU.
HI, GRAMMY, THIS IS JOE BIDEN.
SHE WAS OVERWHELMED.
SHE WAS REALLY SICK.
THE VP'S POSTURE CHANGED
IMMEDIATELY.
HE SAID I AM SO SORRY.
AS A PARENT, YOU SHOULD NEVER
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ONE-DAY DAY
BURYING A CHILD.
IT IS A NIGHTMARE.
HE SET THE WAY ABOUT PAIN.
I COULD HEAR CHOKING UP ON
THE PHONE.
I AM GIVING HER MY PERSONAL
PHONE NUMBER.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, YOU CALL
ME.
I WILL COME TO THE HOSPITAL.
ANYTHING.
HE IS A GENUINELY NICE MAN, SHE
SAYS.
HE JUST GETS IT.
MY FAMILY MATTERS TO HIM.
I ENTIRE COUNTRY IS GRIEVING.
WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH TRAUMA.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE
THE ONE HELPING US HEAL.
THAT IS WHY I AM GLAD TO VOTE
THIS FALL NOT JUST AGAINST
TRUMP, BUT GENUINELY FOR JOE
BIDEN.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS
UNPRECEDENTED CONVENTION
POSSIBLE.
FOR OUR DELEGATES AND SPEAKERS,
TO PARTY STAFF AND PRODUCTION
TEAMS, NEXT WEEK, YOU WILL -- IT
WILL BE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SENT TO HOLD THEIR CONVENTION.
ON BEHALF OF THEIR SPEAKERS AND
STUFF, I HOPE THEIR ORGANIZERS
WILL TAKE SAFETY AS SERIOUSLY AS
WE HAVE.
THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU, AMERICA.
YOU WILL HAVE HEARD FROM TWO
VERY DIFFERENT CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT.
YOU WILL 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 PARTY YOU BELONG
TO, OR WHETHER YOU BLUNT 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.
DO WE DO BETTER WHEN WE JOIN
TOGETHER IN A MOVEMENT OF SHARED
VALUES, ONE THAT AMPLIFIES OUR
DIVERSE VOICES?
WE HAVE GOT ONE MORNING TO SHOW
AMERICA WHAT OUR PATH FORWARD
LOOKS LIKE.
NOT ONE MAN BOASTING THAT HE
ALONE CAN FIX IT, BUT EVERY DAY,
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.
GOV. NEWSOM: THIS IS NOT WHERE I
EXPECTED TO BE SPEAKING HERE
TONIGHT.
I AM 300 MILES OR SO FROM
WILDFIRES WE ARE BATTLING IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE JUST COMING OFF A RECORD
WEEK, A HEAT WAVE THAT LED TO
130 DEGREE TEMPERATURES.
HIGHEST AND PURCHASE EVER
RECORDED IN CALIFORNIA.
ARGUABLY, THE WORLD'S HISTORY
HERE IN OUR STATE.
THE HOT SO GETTING HOTTER, THE
DRIES ARE DRYER, CLIMATE CHANGE
IS REAL.
-- THE HOTS ARE GETTING
HOTTER, THE DRIES ARE
GETTING DRYER.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.
IT IS AN EXTRA ORDINARY MOMENT
IN OUR HISTORY.
MOTHER NATURE HAS NOW JOINED
THIS CONVERSATION.
AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO WE NEED TO ADVANCE THAT
CONVERSATION A NEW.
-- ANEW.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEDASSETS
THREATENED
-- THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES THREATENED TO DEFUND OUR
EFFORTS ON WILDFIRE PROCESSION
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RIGGED
ENOUGH LEAVES.
HAVE OVER 90 LAWSUITS ON CLEAN
AIR, 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, FUEL EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS.
THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN
THIS ELECTION.
I COULD -- 
I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY DEEP
ADMIRATION FOR JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS, FOR THEIR FAITH,
THEIR DEVOTION, THERE COMMITMENT
-- THEIR COMMITMENT, NOT JUST OF
THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT TO THE
COMMONWEALTH.
TO OUR KIDS COME OUR KIDS' KIDS
-- TO OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS' KIDS.
I WANT TO CLOSE BY REMINDING
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THE
FUTURE IS NOT SOMETHING TO
EXPERIENCE, IT IS SOMETHING TO
MANIFEST.
LET US RESOLVE THAT AFTER THIS
HISTORIC NIGHT, THIS INCREDIBLE
WEEK, THIS REMARKABLE
CONVENTION, THAT WE DO
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS IN
TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN JANUARY
2021.
♪
>> AMERICA IS AN 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, BE PART OF
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES.
IT'S A CODE.
IT IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN CODE.
THE MOST POSSIBLE IDEA IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, THE
AMERICAN CREED THAT WE ARE ALL
CREATED EQUAL I THINK BEATS IN
THE HEART OF OUR COUNTRY.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE
THE VIRUS IS IN CHECK AND THE
AMERICAN SPIRIT IS UNLEASHED AND
THAT WE ARE NOT FEARING BUT
HOPING AGAIN.
>> I HOPE WE HAVE CHOSEN
COMMUNITY OVER CHAOS, WE HAVE
CHOSEN A UNITY OVER DIVISION,
AND WE'VE CHOSEN LOVE OVER HATE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT AMERICA WILL
HAVE FACED ITS DARKEST MOMENTS
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
WE WILL HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT
IS ACCOUNTABLE TO US, THAT SEES
HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
>> THE PROMISE OF AMERICA WILL
BE RESTORED FOR ALL OUR
COMMUNITIES, ALL OUR FAMILIES,
ALL OF US.
WHEN I SAY ALL OF US, [SPEAKING
SPANISH]
>> I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS TIME
NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE A
PRESIDENT THAT PROVIDES THE
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 GET BACK TO WORK.
>> THERE WILL BE TWO AMERICANS
WHO I WILL BE HAPPY TO SAY ARE
UNEMPLOYED -- MITCH MCCONNELL
AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> I HOPE ALL AMERICANS, IF THEY
ARE DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS ORP
REPUBLICANS, WILL BE PROUD OF
THEIR PRESIDENT, PROUD OF THEIR
VICE PRESIDENT.
>> THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY HAVE
A GOVERNMENT THAT IS WORKING FOR
THEM, EVERY DAY DOING ITS BEST
FOR THEM.
>> I HOPE AMERICA HAS A
PRESIDENT WHO CAMPAIGNS FOR
RIGHTS FOR 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 THE PEOPLE.
>> WHO CARES ABOUT OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND.
>> WILL PASS CONFIRMATION --
COMPREHENSIVE REFORM.
>> A YEAR FROM NOW, I WANT TO
SEE THE KIDS PLAYING ON THE
PLAYGROUND.
>> I TAKE PRIDE IN MY JOB, BUT
NEXT YEAR, I WANT TO DO IT
WITHOUT WEARING A MASK OR
GLOVES.
>> I HOPE WE ARE ALL CELEBRATING
LANDMARK LEGISLATION THAT THE
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE
SHEPHERDED THROUGH CONGRESS AND
SIGNED INTO LAW.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE WILL
AGAIN BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO
THE DAY WHEN WE CAN SEND OUR
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR --
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR -- I HOPE
THIS COUNTRY REALIZES THAT WE
HAVE RECLAIMED THE SOUL OF
AMERICA.
>> THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I HOPE
AND PRAISE AMERICA WILL HAVE
RESTORED DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD.
>> WE 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 AND THE FUTURE.
UNFORTUNATE FOR -- UNFORTUNATELY
FOR ALL OF US, THAT FUTURE IS
NOW.
THE PANDEMIC HAS ACCELERATED
EVERYTHING.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND MY WIFE,
YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR CHILD'S
SCHOOL WILL OPEN THIS FALL.
72% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE 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
OUT.
I KNOW MANY POLITICIANS PROMISED
AND FAILED TO DELIVER.
IF YOU VOTED FOR TRUMP OR DID
NOT VOTE AT ALL IN 2016, I GET
IT.
MANY OF US HAVE GOTTEN TIRED OF
OUR LEADERS SEEMING FAR REMOVED
FROM OUR LIVES AND WE DESPAIR
THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WILL NEVER
RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF OUR
TIMES, BUT WE MUST GIVE 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 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 A
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT.
I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW JOE AND
KAMALA ON THE TRAIL OVER THE
PAST YEAR.
THE WAY YOU GET TO KNOW A PERSON
WHEN CAMERAS ARE OFF, CROWDS ARE
GONE, JUST YOU AND THEM.
THEY ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO
UNDERSTAND PROBLEMS WE FACE.
THEY ARE PARENTS AND PATRIOTS
WHO WANT THE BEST FOR US AND OUR
COUNTRY AND IF YOU GIVE THEM A
CHANCE, THEY WILL FIGHT FOR US
AND OUR FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
OUR FUTURE IS NOW, AND IT IS
DAUNTING, BUT I ASK YOU TO JOIN
ME TO HELP JOE AND KAMALA RIGHT
FOR THE PROMISE OF AMERICA AND
LEAD US FORWARD TO A FUTURE WE
WILL BE PROUD TO LEAP TO OUR
CHILDREN.
NOW I WOULD 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 ENEMIES -- 11 EMMY'S.
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS.
>> IT SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS' SPEECH LAST NIGHT?
>> IT WAS TREMENDOUS.
>> I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HER
DEBATE OUR CURRENT VICE
PRESIDENT PINES.
OR IS IT PAINTS?
>> I THINK IT'S PRONOUNCED PONCE
.
NOT VERY AMERICAN SOUNDING.
>> THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING.
STRONGLY.
THANK YOU, AND, PLEASE, GIVE MY
REGARDS TO THE GANG.
>> I WILL.
THEY ARE RIGHT IN THE NEXT ROOM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELCOME TO THE FOURTH NIGHT OF
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION, UNITING AMERICA.
THESE LAST FEW NIGHT'S HAVE BEEN
GOING SO WELL, WE HAVE DECIDED
TO ADD A IF 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?
I WAS SO EXCITED.
TO BE PEOPLE OR VOLK OR ROLLING
STONE?
WELL, IT TURNS OUT IT WAS FOR "
ARRIVE," THE OFFICIAL ONBOARD
MAGAZINE OF AMTRAK, WHICH NOBODY
EVER READS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS
FREE, AND 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.
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.
I AM NO POLICY EXPERT, AND I
CERTAINLY DON'T PRETEND TO BE
ONE, BUT I HAVE A GUT FEELING
ABOUT FAIRNESS AND WHAT IS
RIGHT, AND THAT IS WHY I AM SO
EXCITED.
IN A LITTLE WHILE, WE WILL HEAR
FROM JOE BIDEN ABOUT HIS PLANS
FOR AMERICA, PLANS FOR A STRONG
ECONOMY THAT HELP WORKING PEOPLE
AND SMALL BUSINESSES, NOT JUST
BILLIONAIRES, AND PLANS TO RAISE
WAGES FOR NURSERIES AND TEACHERS
AND GROCERY WORKERS GETTING US
THROUGH THIS CRISIS -- GOD LOVE
THEM.
HOW CAN YOU HELP JOE?
IT'S SUPER SIMPLE -- VOTE.
RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN TEXT "VOTE"
230330 TO LEARN ABOUT ALL YOUR
VOTING OPTIONS AND MAKE THE BEST
PLANS FOR HOW TO VOTE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, WHEREVER YOU ARE --
TAX "VOTE" TO 30330.
AN EASY WAY TO REMEMBER IT IS
THAT IS THE YEAR DONALD TRUMP
WILL FINALLY RELEASE HIS TAX
RETURNS.
IF WE ALL VOTE, THERE IS NOTHING
FACEBOOK, FOX NEWS, AND VLADIMIR
PUTIN CAN DO TO STOP US, BUT
FIRST, LET'S REAFFIRM THE ALL
AMERICAN VALUES THAT OUR PARTY
AND JOE BIDEN STAND FOR.
>> ALL RIGHT, READY?
AND ACTION.
>> I PLEDGE 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.
>> ♪ 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
O, 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 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
NETWORK.
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
ABRAHAM IT TRADITIONS TELLS US
THE DIVINE SPIRIT BREEDS 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.
OH, DIVINE SPIRIT, DURING THE
WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD, WE MIGHT
FIGHT FOR A VISION THAT IS
WORTHY OF YOU AND YOUR CALL TO
HONOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL OF YOUR
CREATIONS, 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 OUR HISTORY, A VISION THAT
ENSURES HUNGRY PEOPLE ARE FED,
CHILDREN ARE NOURISHED,
IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME.
SO, SPIRIT, BRIEF IN US AND OUR
LEADERS A NEW RESULT 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
WITH A SENSE OF SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY,
OH, SPIRIT, GIVE US OUT OF THIS
TIME OF CHAOS A NEW CREATION, A
NEW COMMUNITY THAT CAN, WITH
YOUR HELP, REALIZED THIS NEW
PROMISE THAT WE AFFIRM TONIGHT.
AND SO WITH PROFOUND HOPE, WE
THE PEOPLE SAY AMEN.
>> THANK YOU, SISTER SIMONE.
PEOPLE OF FAITH HAVE LONG LEAD
CHANGE, FROM ABOLITION AND
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE TO THE LABOR
MOVEMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS.
JOE BIDEN WILL CONTINUE THAT
PROGRESSIVE MARCH FOR JUSTICE,
INSPIRED BY RESPECT AND DIGNITY
TOWARD -- FOR ALL PEOPLE, PEOPLE
JOE BELIEVES WERE MADE IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD.
JOE LEARNED THAT FROM HIS
PARENTS, AND THE NUNS AND
PRIESTS WHO INSPIRED IN HIM A
PASSION FOR JUSTICE.
I'M SENATOR CHRIS COONS, AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY END
JOE BIDEN.
HIS FAITH IS STRONG AND PERSONAL
AND PRIVATE.
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
TRIUMPH, LOSS, OR DESPAIR, TURN
TO GOD FOR STRENGTH.
I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW JOE TOOK
THE TIME TO OFFER ME WORDS OF
COMFORT AS MY FATHER LAY IN
HOSPICE.
TIME AND AGAIN, I HAVE SEEN HIM
STOP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN --
REALLY LISTEN -- TO SOMEONE WHO
NEEDS A SHOULDER TO CRY ON OR
PARTNER IN PRAYER.
THAT COMPASSION, THAT EMPATHY
PART OF HIS CHARACTER.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, JOE IS A MAN
OF FAITH AND CONSCIENCE.
HE WILL BE A PRESIDENT FOR
AMERICANS OF ALL FAITH, 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 HAVE A MORE JUST
IMMIGRATION POLICY AND 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 THE ELECTION AND FOR
HIM, THEY WERE ROOTED IN FAITH.
JOE KNOWS THAT FAITH HAS
SUSTAINED SO MANY ORDINARY
AMERICANS WHO DO EXTRAORDINARY
THINGS.
FIREFIGHTERS WHO RUN INTO
BURNING BUILDINGS, TEACHERS
WORKING OVERTIME, ESPECIALLY
NOW.
THEY ALL DESERVE A LEADER WHO
KNOWS THE DIGNITY OF WORK, WHO
SEES THEM, RESPECT THEM, FIGHTS
FOR THEM.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO BRINGS
TOGETHER PEOPLE OF ALL FAITH TO
REBUILD OUR COUNTRY AND RESTORE
OUR COMMUNITY, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
WE ARE CALLED TO DO JUSTICE,
LOVE, AND MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY
WITH OUR GOD.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE THAT
PRESIDENT.
JOE HAS ALWAYS KNOWN THIS RACE
IS A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR
COUNTRY, AND HE'S RIGHT.
JOE 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 TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR
OUR NATION?
>> REVERENT, 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
WITH MY FAMILY, I CAME BACK ON
SUNDAY TO REGULAR SERVICE
BECAUSE I HAD JUST LOST MY SON,
AND I WANTED SOME HOPE BECAUSE
WHAT YOU ALL DID WAS ASTOUNDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL KNOW
THIS -- ALL THOSE WHO DIED AND
WERE KILLED BY THIS WHITE, 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.
I CAME BACK TO THE CHURCH
BECAUSE I FOUND IN PARTICULAR,
THE BLACK CHURCH -- IN THIS
CASE, IT WAS AN AME, NOT AN
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
THAT FAMOUS PHRASE FROM
KIERKEGAARD, FAITH SEES DEPTH IN
THE DARK.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SHARE MY
RELIGIOUS VIEWS, BUT FOR ME, IT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES ME
SOME REASON TO HAVE HOPE AND
PURPOSE.
>> JUST REMEMBER -- JOE BIDEN
GOES TO CHURCH SO REGULARLY THAT
HE DOES NOT 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.
HELLO.
I KNOW 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 EFFECT THAT
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, BUT ALL IN
ALL, OUR FAMILY IS DOING GREAT.
>> I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT, BUT I
THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THAT
FOR A LONG TIME.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING --
IS ATLANTA READY FOR ELECTION
DAY?
>> WE WILL BE READY, AND WE ARE
GOING TO DO EVERYTHING 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.
STAY SAFE, MAYOR, AND I TURNED
IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING.
I'M A MOTHER OF FOUR, AND MAYOR
OF ATLANTA GEORGIA -- 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, 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
CANNOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE LIKE
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ICON'S, BUT
EVERY PERSON IN A MOVEMENT
MATTERS.
THOSE WHO MADE THE SANDWICHES,
SWEPT THE CHURCH FLOORS, STUFFED
THE ENVELOPES, THEY, TOO,
CHANGED AMERICA AND SO CAN WE.
THE BATON HAS BEEN PASSED TO
EACH OF US.
WE 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
4 LACK CHILDREN MATTER -- MY 4
BLACK CHILDREN MATTER.
IN THE WORDS OF POET ANDRE LORD,
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, BUT -- BECAUSE WE,
TOO, ARE AMERICA.
OUR VOTES CAN BE OUR VOICE.
>> THE CONCEPT LIVES DEEP DOWN
WITHIN ME MOVING ME THAT I COULD
NO LONGER BE SATISFIED 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 HAD BEEN BEATEN AND KNOCKED
DOWN AND GET UP AND GO TO FIGHT
ANOTHER BATTLE.
JOHN WAS FOCUSED ON ENDING VOTER
SUPPRESSION, AND IT WAS NOT 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
ARE SACRIFICING FOR A CAUSE,
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOU AND
YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN IT, THEN
YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOWING
YOU.
>> WE WILL MARCH TO THE SOUTH,
TO THE STREETS OF BIRMINGHAM.
[APPLAUSE]
>> 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, IF THEY WERE
PROFESSIONAL OR HERE A LONG
TIME, BECAUSE HE BROUGHT WITH
THEM A KIND OF HEFT, OF
WEIGHTINESS, OF PURPOSE.
>> I'VE BEEN ARRESTED 40 TIMES.
SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS,
ANOTHER FIVE TIMES.
>> THE MEANS MUST BE CONSISTENT
WITH THE ENDS WE SEEK.
>> SOMEONE WHO HAS NAVIGATED
THORNY ISSUES OF POLICY, NOT BY
CASTIGATING ALONE BUT BY ALSO
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE BETTER
THAN THEY THINK THEY CAN BE.
>> TODAY IS A DAY OF THE FAIR
HOUSING ACT WHICH NOT ONLY
PROTECTS THE NEEDS OF OTHERS BUT
PROTECTS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING MORE OF OUR CITIZENS INTO
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION.
>> I'M READY TO MARCH.
>> ALL THESE DECADES LATER,
WHILE HE AND OTHERS OF HIS
GENERATION ACHIEVED MUCH, WE ARE
STILL RIDING AGAINST POLICE
BRUTALITY AND FIGHTING FOR OUR
VOTING RIGHTS, SO WE BEST HONOR
HIM BY CONTINUING TO FIGHT THE
GOOD FIGHT THAT HE THOUGHT, BY
STAYING IN GOOD TROUBLE.
-- CONTINUING TO FIGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT THAT HE THOUGHT -- FOUGHT,
I STAYING IN GOOD TROUBLE.
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>> WE WILL CREATE THE BELOVED
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL REDEEM THE SOUL OF
AMERICA.
AS A NATION AND AS A PEOPLE, WE
WILL GET THERE.
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>> JOE BIDEN SHARES JOHN LEWIS
POSSIBLY IF THAT EVERY VOTE
MATTERS.
I PLAN TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE AND
VOTE BY MAIL.
TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS OR
MI REGISTERED, TEXT  -- AM I 
REGISTERED?
TEXT 3030.
THAT WILL BE THE PRESIDENT'S
GOLF SCORE IF HE DID NOT CHEAT.
MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE HARSH
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT HE CHEATED.
WHAT WE NEED NOW IS GREAT
LEADERSHIP, SOMEONE EXPERIENCED
AND HARD-WORKING AND
INTELLIGENT, SOMEONE WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE SOUL OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> I AM HISTORIAN JOHN MEACHAM.
IN HIS FINAL SUNDAY SERMON,
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SAID WE
ARE TIED TOGETHER IN A 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 CAN YOU AND I ESCAPE
HISTORY.
WE SHOULD NOT WANT TO.
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN GIVEN MUCH,
LIBERTY, OPPORTUNITY, A SENSE OF
POSSIBILITY.
THE TASK OF OUR TIME IS TO MAKE
SURE THOSE HIPS ARE AVAILABLE
NOT JUST TWO PEOPLE THAT 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 DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ASSAULT
FROM AN INCUMBENT MORE
INTERESTED IN HIMSELF THAN HE IS
THE REST OF US.
EXTREMISM, NATIVISM,
ISOLATIONISM AND A LACK OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING
PEOPLE ARE ALL PREVENTING US
FROM REALIZING OUR NATION'S
PROMISE.
WE MUST DECIDE WHETHER WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE PRISONERS OF THE
DARKNESS OF AMERICAN FORCES OR
IF WE WILL FREE OURSELVES TO
WRITE A BRIGHTER, BETTER, MORE
NOBLE STORY.
THAT IS THE ISSUE OF THIS
ELECTION.
A CHOICE THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO
THE NATURE AND THE SOUL OF
AMERICA.
HUMANKIND HAS VIEWED THE SOUL AS
THE ESSENCE OF EXISTENCE.
THE SOUL IS WHAT MAKES US US.
AMERICA'S SOUL WAS 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
STONEWALL DWELL IN THE AMERICAN
SOUL BUT SO DO THE IMPULSES THAT
HAVE GIVEN US SLAVERY, SYSTEMIC
DISCRIMINATION.
WE OFTEN PREFER TO HEAR THE
TRUMPET RATHER THAN FACE THE
TRAGEDIES.
AN HONEST ACCOUNTING OF WHO WE
HAVE 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 REGION --
REASON AND CANDOR, NOT EGO AND
LIES.
A COUNTRY THAT IS BIGHEARTED,
NOT NARROWMINDED.
THE STRUGGLE TO BE WHO WE OUGHT
TO BE IS DIFFICULT, DEMANDING
AND ONGOING.
JUSTICE CAN BE ELUSIVE AND PAIN
IN AMERICA HAS BEEN PROVISIONAL.
THE CIVIL WAR LED TO
SEGREGATION.
HISTORY WHICH WILL SURELY BE OUR
JUDGE CAN ALSO BE OUR GUIDE.
FROM HARRIET TUBMAN TO ELLIS
PAUL TO JOHN LEWIS, FROM THE
BEACHES OF NORMANDY TO THE
RENDERING OF THE IRON CURTAIN,
OUR STORY HAS SOARED WHEN WE
BUILD BRIDGES, NOT WALLS, WHEN
WE LENT A HAND, NOT WHEN WE
POINTED FINGERS.
WHEN WE HAVE HOPED, NOT FEARED.
IF WE LIVE IN HOPE, WE OPEN OUR
SOULS TO THE POWER OF LOVE, WE
HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO LOVE OUR
NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES, AS
INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION, WE
FAIL AT FOLLOWING THAT
COMMANDMENT MORE OFTEN THEN WE
SUCCEED.
BUT WHEN WE FAIL, WE MUST TRY
AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR ONLY IN
TRIAL IS PROGRESS POSSIBLE.
FROM JAMESTOWN FORWARD, OUR
STORY HAS BECOME MORE FULL AND
FAIR BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE
THE CONVICTION THAT DR. KING
ARTICULATED ON THAT SUNDAY HALF
A CENTURY AGO.
THE ARK OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS
LONG BUT IT BEEN -- BEN'S TOWARD
-- IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE.
IT REQUIRES A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WITH EMPATHY,
GRACE, A BIG HEART AND AN OPEN
MIND.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE CENTER
PRESIDENT.
WITH OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES,
LET US WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF
THE AMERICAN STORY.
ONE OF HOPE, LOVE, JUSTICE.
IF WE DO SO, WE MIGHT JUST SAVE
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SOULS.
>> GOOD EVENING, I AM
CONGRESSWOMAN DEB HAALAND.
I AM A FULL TO BE WITH YOU ON
INDIGENOUS LAND.
THE PROMISE OF THIS COUNTRY IS
OLDER THAN OUR CONSTITUTION.
OVER 500 YEARS AGO, THOUSANDS OF
INDIAN TRIBES WITH RICH CULTURES
AND TRADITIONS AND COMMUNITIES
THAT HAD SUSTAINED THEM FOR
MILLENNIA ON LANDS THEY LOVED
AND RESPECTED.
MY PEOPLE, THE PUEBLO INDIANS,
THEY MIGRATED TO THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY TO ESCAPE DROUGHT.
WE WERE LED TO THE GREAT RIVER
AND THE TRIBUTARIES WHERE WE
ESTABLISHED AN AGRICULTURAL
TRADITION THAT CONTINUES TO THIS
DAY.
MY PEOPLE SURVIVED CENTURIES OF
BRUTAL ASSIMILATION POLICIES.
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 AM 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, LAND IS ABUSED, AS OUR
CONSTITUTION IS UNDER ATTACK.
WE MUST WORK FOR IT.
BY GETTING INVOLVED, REGISTERING
VOTERS AND VOTING.
VOTING IS SACRED.
MY PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
WE WERE NOT UNIVERSALLY GRANTED
THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL 1962.
THAT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
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
UNDERSTAND OUR PAST AND RESPECT
OUR PRESENT.
THEY WILL SEE US THROUGH THIS
CRISIS THAT IS PLAGUING OUR
COUNTRY AND HELP US TO BUILD A
BETTER FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THE FIRST YEAR I VOTED WAS
1974.
>> 1967.
>> I HAVE NOT MISSED A GENERAL
OR A PRIMARY ELECTION IN
HISTORY.
>> THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DOES
INFORMALLY.
>> WE ARE SEEING OUR CURRENT
PRESIDENT SABOTAGE OUR RIGHT TO
VOTE, SABOTAGE OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> MY FATHER WORKED FOR THE
POSTAL SERVICE FOR 30 YEARS.
>> MY MOTHER WORKED FOR THAT
LOCAL POST OFFICE FOR 20 YEARS.
THAT JOB ENABLED HER TO FEED HER
FAMILY.
>> I AM APPALLED AT WHAT THE
AMERICANS AND THE PRESIDENT ARE
TRYING TO DO TO SUBVERT THE
VOTE.
>> WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
WHERE ARE THESE BALLOTS GOING?
WHO IS GETTING THEM?
WHO IS NOT GETTING THEM?
WILL THEY BE STOLEN FROM
MAILBOXES AS THEY GET PUT IN BY
THE MAILMAN?
WILL THEY BE TAKEN FROM THE
MAILMAN AND MAILWOMEN?
ARE THEY SIGNED ON THE KITCHEN
TABLE AND SENT IN?
WILL THEY BE COUNTERFEITED BY
GROUPS INSIDE OUR NATION?
WILL THEY BE COUNTERFEITED BY
THE MILLIONS BY FOREIGN POWERS?
>> LET ME PUT THIS IN MY OWN
WORDS, I HEARD DONALD TRUMP SAY
PRETTY UNHINGED THINGS.
I HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
BUT NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS
TOWARD DEMOCRACY AND HIS ATTACKS
ON MAIL-IN VOTING DURING A
PANDEMIC.
DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT WANT ANY
OF US TO VOTE BECAUSE HE KNOWS
HE CAN'T WIN FAIR AND SQUARE.
WHETHER YOU PLAN TO VOTE BY MAIL
OR IN PERSON, WEAR YOUR MASK, IT
IS YOUR VOTE AND 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.
>> I AM ALEX PADILLA.
VOTING IS THE OXYGEN OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY
ATTACKS ON OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
>> 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.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
SELECTION.
DESPITE WHAT IT SAYS, DONALD
TRUMP CAN'T CANCEL IT BUT HE AND
REPUBLICANS ARE MAKING IT TOO
HARD FOR SO MANY TO CAST THEIR
BALLOTS.
>> THERE IS ZERO DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN VOTING BY MAIL AND
VOTING ABSENTEE.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
VOTING ABSENTEE FOR DECADES.
DONALD TRUMP, HIS FAMILY, HIS
STAFF ALL VOTE BY MAIL.
IN STATES LIKE COLORADO, UTAH
AND OREGON, VOTERS HAVE BEEN
VOTING BY MAIL FOR YEARS.
>> NOW, TRUMP HAS ADMITTED HE IS
TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE POST
OFFICE TO UNDERVALUE --
UNDERMINE VOTING BY MAIL.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE CAN VOTE SAFELY,
WHETHER IN PERSON OR BY MAIL.
YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU VOTE.
>> THERE IS MORE.
ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THAT, TALK TO
YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS,
SPREAD THE WORD, TELL EVERYONE
YOU KNOW TO TEXT VOTE TO 30330.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO VOTE FROM
HOME, 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 ARE
OPEN OR REQUEST YOUR BALLOT AND
SEND IT IN BETTER WAY.
KNOW THIS, ELECTION RESULTS MAY
TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THIS YEAR.
BUT DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT TO MAKE
SURE YOUR BALLOT IS COUNTED.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
BIGGEST ROLE IN PRESERVING OUR
DEMOCRACY IS NOT OURS, IT IS
YOURS.
>> OUR FAMILY HAS A CRAZY
HISTORY WITH AMERICA.
IT ALL STARTS WITH IT BEING A
BEACON FOR IMMIGRANTS.
IT IS REALLY COOL BEING PART
POLISH AND PART PUERTO RICAN,
PART BLACK.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, I GET TO BE
THIS MELTING POT OF AMERICA.
COURTS THE DEMOCRATS BROUGHT YOU
IN, YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING
THE MEANING OF THIS COUNTRY.
>> EVERY GENERATION BEFORE HAD
TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE
IN.
IT IS OUR TURN NOW.
>> I WAS SO PROUD WHEN I SAW THE
DEMONSTRATIONS GOING ON ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> THIS ELECTION MEANS A LOT TO
ME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT
WE HAVE TO MAKE.
I THINK WE CAN COUNT ON JOE
BIDEN AND BELIEVE IN HIM.
>> I AM 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 UA
W.
HE GOT A JOB ON THE ASSEMBLY
LINES DURING WORLD WAR II.
THAT UNION JOB ALLOWED HIM TO
RAISE MY FAMILY, SUPPORT MY MOM
AND SEND HER TO FISK UNIVERSITY.
TOGETHER WE WORKED AND TOGETHER
WE RISE.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS KNOW
THE URGENCY AND THE DEMAND OF
OUR DREAM.
WORKING PEOPLE ARE UNDER ATTACK.
THE WEALTH GAP GROWS, OUR MIDDLE
CLASS SHRINKS AND POVERTY
PERSISTS.
LAST WEEK, DONALD TRUMP SAID OUR
ECONOMY IS DOING GOOD.
40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE AT RISK
OF LOSING THEIR HOMES.
30 MILLION ARE GETTING ENOUGH TO
EAT -- ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH TO
EAT AND 5.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
LOST THEIR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE
OF THIS CRISIS.
HE HAS FAILED US.
STILL, I BELIEVE IN THE DREAM OF
OUR ANCESTORS.
TOGETHER, WITH JOANNE, -- JOE
AND KAMALA IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
WE CAN FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO KEEP
US HEALTHY, SAFE, TEACH OUR
CHILDREN.
WE WILL STAND FOR THOSE WHO COOK
AND SERVE AND CLEAN.
THOSE WHO PLANT AND HARVEST, WHO
PACK AND THOSE WHO DELIVER.
WHOSE HANDS ARE THICK WITH
CALLUSES LIKE MY GRANDDAD'S
WERE.
HE LIFTED ME HIGH, HE HELD MINE
WHEN I WAS A BOY.
IF HE WAS ALIVE, JOE AND KAMALA,
HE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU.
HE WOULD TELL US TO TAKE ANOTHER
BY THE HAND AND LET'S GET TO
WORK.
THIS DREAM IS NOT FREE.
YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND STAND
TOGETHER AND AMERICA, TOGETHER,
WE WILL RISE.
>> THERE IS MY TEAM.
>> AMERICANS JUST WANT TO LIVE
MEEKLY COMFORTABLE.
WE HAVE A 17 AND A
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD AT HOME.
WE ARE STILL WORKING THANKS TO
OUR INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE
BOARD FORGETTING WITH GENERAL
MOTORS AND MAKING SURE IT IS
SAFE FOR US TO GO BACK TO WORK
AFTER EIGHT WEEKS OF BEING LAID
OFF.
HERE WE ARE, FULL-BLOWN.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, I REALLY
BELIEVE THIS, THE FUTURE CAN BE
AS BRIGHT AS IT WAS IN THE LATE
40'S AND 50'S.
THE SIMPLE REASON IS IT HIS
ICONIC INDUSTRIES, WE MADE IT.
WE MADE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING
2020.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE PARK SERVICE
FOR SIX YEARS.
WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR WHOLE
TACTIC, HOW WE DID THINGS
DAY-TO-DAY.
WE ARE DOING THINGS WE NEVER
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DOING, WATER
RESCUES, HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT
COVID.
>> HOW IS YOUR FAMILY DOING?
>> I AM A SINGLE DAD, I HAVE A
FIVE-YEAR-OLD WHO IS MY WORLD.
I AM VERY LUCKY THAT MY PARENTS
ARE RETIRED.
MY MOM RETIRED RIGHT AFTER MY
DAUGHTER WAS BORN TO HELP US.
SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
I HAVE A LOT OF GUYS THAT ARE
DOUBLE INCOME FAMILIES.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY WILL DO IT WITH THEIR
KIDS.
>> I HAVE A FAMILY OF TWO AND WE
HAVE ONE KID THAT IS NO LONGER
IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO BUILD.
WE HAVE AN ONGOING GOAL OF
BUYING A HOUSE IN THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL STAY SAFE.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: THE FACT
IS THAT THE WAY THAT
MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE GENERATE
WEALTH OVERWHELMINGLY IS
BUILDING UP EQUITY IN THEIR
HOME.
THAT GETS PASSED ON FROM ONE
GENERATION TO THE NEXT.
THE EQUITY IN A HOME.
>> THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS TAKEN
HITS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE ON
THIS CALL IS BECAUSE WE IMPORT
-- WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
WE NEED A POLICY FOR RENEWABLE
RESOURCES.
IF WE ARE GOING TO REBUILD THE
MIDDLE CLASS, IT IS ABOUT THE
JOBS.
>> FUTURE REALLY RESTS ON
INVESTMENT.
WE WILL BE INVESTING $2 MILLION
IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
-- $2 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
I AM A SCRANTON BOY.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IS OK BUT
THE NORTHEAST.
KEEP THE FAITH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW IT IS NOT TYPICAL FOR
A FORMER SURGEON GENERAL TO
SPEAK AT A CONVENTION.
SURGEONS ARE APPOINTED BY
PRESIDENTS BUT OUR WORK IS NOT
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 IS CONTROVERSIAL OR
PERCEIVED AS POLITICAL.
HERE IS THE TRUTH, OUR NATION
HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO OVERCOME
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT HAS
CLAIMED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR
LOVED ONES.
WE HAVE THE TALENT, RESOURCES
AND TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT WE ARE MISSING IS
LEADERSHIP.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO WORKS WITH
STATES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE
NEEDS A TEST GETS ONE AND GET
RESULTS QUICKLY.
A LEADER WHO SECURES ESTATE AND
-- SECURES A VACCINE AND
DISTRIBUTES IT.
A LEADER WHO INSPIRES US, NOT AS
A POLITICAL STATEMENT --
INSPIRES US, WEARS A MASK, NOT
AS UP LITTLE STATEMENT BUT AS A
SHOW OF UNITY.
I AM NOT HERE BECAUSE OF
POLITICS AND PARTY BUT BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN CAN BE THAT
LEADER.
I WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN, I HAVE
SEEN WHO HE IS WITH NO CAMERAS
AROUND, HOW HE SITS WITH PEOPLE
AND THEIR PAIN AND HOLDS THEM IN
HIS HEART.
CAP HE POURS OVER COVID
BRIEFINGS, ASKING SMART
QUESTIONS, LETTING SCIENCE GUIDE
HIS WAY JUST AS HE DID WHEN
MANAGING THE EBOLA CRISIS.
WHEN JOE BIDEN MET MY FAMILY SIX
YEARS AGO, MANY IMMIGRANTS IN
THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
I SAW HE -- HOW HE KNEELED BY MY
GRANDMA'S WHEELCHAIR, TOOK HER
HANDS AND SAID THANK YOU FOR
CHOOSING US AT THE PLACE TO
TRUST WITH YOUR FAMILY.
TONIGHT, AS A FATHER, SON AND
GRANDSON, AS A DOCTOR WHO SWORE
AN OATH AND AN AMERICAN WHO
LOVES MY COUNTRY, I CAN TELL YOU
THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE MAN I
TRUST TO LOOK AFTER MY FAMILY
AND LEADER I KNOW WILL HEAL THIS
NATION.
>> I AM SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN.
WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD, I GOT
SICK, REALLY SICK.
I WAS HOSPITALIZED.
SINCE MY GRANDPARENTS WERE THE
ONES RAISING ME AND OUR FAMILY
HEALTH PLAN DID NOT COVER
GRANDKIDS, THEY WERE FORCED TO
PAY OUT-OF-POCKET FOR MY THREE
MONTH HOSPITAL STAY.
I GOT BETTER BUT THE INSURANCE
DID NOT.
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 AREA 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 OF THE
SELECTION.
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 VERY PEOPLE IN
DEBT OR ONE WHERE HEALTH CARE IS
AFFORDABLE FOR ALL?
OR WHEN 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 ONE
-- WANT THE SAME THING.
WITH SCHOOLS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, RACIAL JUSTICE,
THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO WE WANT,
DIGNITY IN OUR WORK AND AN
ECONOMY WHERE SMALL BUSINESSES
AND WORKING FAMILIES THRIVE.
OVER THE PAST MONTH, WE HAVE
ADDED ANOTHER TO THAT LIST.
A NATION FREE FROM COVID.
THAT IS WHY JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS ARE THE ONLY ANSWER IN
THE SELECTION.
TRUST ME, THEY ARE.
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 ARE DEPENDENT
CAN STAY ON THEIR PARENT'S
HEALTH INSURANCE UNTIL 26.
WE GOT THAT DONE.
YES, IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
THAT IS THE AMERICA I KNOW.
THAT IS THE AMERICA I LOVE.
THAT IS 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 AT HOME, A NATION
THAT BUILDS BACK BETTER.
HERE IN WISCONSIN, EVERY STATE
MODEL IS JUST ONE WORD, FORWARD.
THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S MOVE
FORWARD AND NEVER LOOK BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> NO NATION CAN MATCH US.
IF WE LEAD BY THE POWER OF
EXAMPLE, 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 AMERICA STAYS
STRONG AND UNITED, GO TO JOE
BIDEN.COM AND GIVE WHAT YOU CAN.
AS DONALD TRUMP WILL CALL ME IN
A TWEET, A NO TALENT HAS BEEN
WITH NO RATINGS.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT TAKES
WANT KNOW ONE.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO A REAL AMERICAN HERO,
WORLD WAR II VETERAN ED GOOD.
ED: I AM EDWARD GOOD, I AM 92
YEARS OLD, I AM A VETERAN OF
WORLD WAR II AND KOREA.
WHEN I WEAR A UNIFORM, I WEAR
ONLY TWO BADGES.
I DID MAKE ONE COMBAT JUMP OVER
GERMANY.
I AM PROUD OF THAT.
I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN SINCE
THE 1960'S.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE NRA.
I THINK TRUMP HAS BEEN THE WORST
PRESIDENT WE HAVE EVER HAD.
I WILL BE GLAD TO SEE HIM GO.
I SENSE THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BE A
GREAT LEADER FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
LIKE ME, ON MY JUMP INTO
GERMANY, I THINK JOE BIDEN CARES
ABOUT DOING HIS DUTY FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
IF HE IS SELECTED, THAT IS WHAT
HE WILL DO.
>> THIS YEAR'S ELECTION IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
I RECOMMEND STRONGLY BASED ON
THE DIVISION THIS -- IN THIS
COUNTRY, WE NEED TO PUT
SOMETHING ELSE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT WILL KEEP US
TOGETHER.
LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING, I HAVE
BEEN A LONG-STANDING REPUBLICAN
FOR A LONG TIME.
I AM TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
YOU HAVE TO.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN DEAL WITH
THE PERSON WE HAVE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE ANY LONGER.
IT IS UP TO YOU, AMERICA AND ME
BECAUSE IN THIS ELECTION, I AM
VOTING FOR JOE.
I AM SURE, ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT
HE WILL HELP US IN THIS COUNTRY
TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
>> MY NAME IS LAKISHA COLE.
I MET MY HUSBAND 20 YEARS AGO
WHEN WE STARTED DATING WHEN I
WAS IN COLLEGE.
I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND WE
ELOPED.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, HE
DEPLOYED.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
YOU LOVE THIS COUNTRY, ARE YOU
WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK IT
TAKES TO MAINTAIN IT?
>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT AND IT
TURNED INTO 11 MONTHS.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO PREPARE ME
AS -- ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
STRESS.
>> WHEN PEOPLE GET MARRIED, THEY
EXPECT TO GROW OLD WITH EACH
OTHER.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE FOR ANY OF
US WITH MULTIPLE TOURS.
>> THERE IS A LONG LAUNDRY LIST
OF UNCERTAINTIES WE HAVE TO
JUGGLE.
>> JOE HAS ALWAYS CARED ABOUT
MILITARY FAMILIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
WHEN I WENT TO IRAQ, ONE OF THE
DEN WAS SET I WANTED TO SHARE
THIS STORY WITH YOU.
IN HIS DAUGHTER'S CLASS, IT WAS
A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
THEY WERE PLAYING THE AVE MARIA.
ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS BURST
INTO TEARS.
THE TEACHER RAN OVER AND SAID
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
SHE SAID THAT IS THE SONG THEY
PLAYED AT MY DAD'S A FUNERAL.
HE DIED IN THE WAR.
THE TEACHER HAD NO IDEA THAT
THAT LITTLE GIRL'S FATHER HAD
FOUGHT IN THE WAR AND DIED.
THAT NIGHT I SENT TO MY STAFF
THAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER TO HELP OUR
MILITARY KIDS.
>>>> THE BIDENS HAVE A TRACK
RECORD OF HELPING MILITARY
FAMILIES.
WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH THE WORK
THEY HAVE DONE IN JOINING FORCES
AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO RALLY
A COUNTRY HIND US.
>> THEM -- RALLY A COUNTRY
BEHIND US.
>>>> THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE
SENT TO WORK, LET'S CARE FOR
THEM WHEN THEY GO AND WHEN THEY
COME HOME.
>> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
AS A MILITARY SPOUSE FELT THAT
SOMEONE WAS LISTENING TO US AND
SOMEONE CARED.
IT IS NOT JUST THE SERVICE
MEMBER WHO SERVES, THE ENTIRE
FAMILY SERVES AS WELL.
JOE SAYS WE HAVE ONE SACRED
OBLIGATION, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
MILITARY MEMBERS.
DURING THIS PANDEMIC, SO MANY
VETERANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
SO MANY MILITARY SPOUSES HAVE
LOST THEIR JOBS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WILL BE A PRIORITY IN ABIDED
ADMINISTRATION.
WE WILL MAKE SURE ALL AMERICANS
HAVE HEALTH CARE, UNEMPLOYMENT,
THE THINGS THAT FAMILIES NEED TO
THRIVE.
WE WILL SHOW YOU WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHO JOE IS, HE IS THE BEST
CANDIDATE FOR AMERICA.
NOT JUST FOR OUR FAMILIES BUT
FOR ALL FAMILIES.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I AM TAMMY DUCKWORTH.
WHEN I FIRST ENLISTED IN THE
ARMY, I WAS EAGER TO SERVE MY
COUNTRY.
I WAS ANXIOUS ABOUT WHETHER I
WOULD BE ABLE TO EARN MY WAY
INTO THE RANKS.
BUT I EARNED MY WINGS AND
COMMENDED MY OWN UNIT.
I LEARNED THAT SERVING AND
LEADING IN THE MILITARY IS BOTH
A PRIVILEGE AND A SACRIFICE.
TO BE A COMMANDER, YOU HAVE TO
ALWAYS PUT YOUR TRIPS FIRST
BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU MAY ORDER
THEM TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR
OUR GREAT NATION.
LEADERS MUST COMMAND THEIR TRIP
-- TROOPS'RESPECT.
MILITARY SERVICE DOES NOT JUST
TAKE SACRIFICE FROM THOSE IN
UNIFORM, IT IS REQUIRED FROM
THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
MY HUSBAND, BRIAN WAS THE ONE
WHO RUSHED TO WALTER REED AFTER
I WAS WOUNDED IN IRAQ.
HE WAS THE ONE HOLDING MY HAND
AND WAITING FOR ME TO WAKE UP.
WHEN I FINALLY DID, HE WAS MY
ROCK, GETTING ME THROUGH THOSE
MONTHS OF UNSPEAKABLE PAIN AND
SURGERIES.
HE WAS MY ANCHOR AS I RELEARNED
TO WALK.
OUR MILITARY SPOUSES HOLD EACH
OTHER TOGETHER, PRAYING FOR THE
LOVED ONE'S SAFETY.
AND THEN PICKING UP THE PIECES
AND STARTING AGAIN WHENEVER THE
NEXT TOUR OR WAR ARISES.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THE
SACRIFICES BECAUSE HE HAS MADE
THEM HIMSELF.
WHEN HIS SON DEPLOYED TO IRAQ,
HIS BURDEN WAS SHOWN BY HIS
FAMILY.
JOE HAS FELT DEATH THREAT OF
NEVER KNOWING IF YOUR DEPLOYED
LOVED ONE IS SAFE.
HE UNDERSTANDS THEIR BRAVERY
BECAUSE HE HAS HAD TO MUSTER
THAT SAME STRENGTH EVERY HOUR OF
EVERY DAY GOING OVERSEAS.
THAT IS THE KIND OF LEADER EVER
SERVICE MEMBERS DESERVE.
ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE RISKS
THEY FACE AND WHO WOULD ACTUALLY
PROTECTOR THEM BY DOING HIS JOB
AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A COWARD IN
CHIEF WHO WON'T STAND UP TO LEAD
REPORT AND, READ HIS DAILY
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS OR
PUBLICLY ADMONISH ADVERSARIES
REPORTING BOUNDARIES -- BOUNTIES
ON OUR SOLDIERS'S HEADS.
JOE BIDEN WOULD NEVER LET A
TYRANT MANIPULATIVE LIKE A
PUPPET.
HE WOULD NEVER TURN HIS BACK ON
OUR TROOPS OR THREATEN THEM
AGAINST AMERICANS PEACEFULLY
EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
JOE BIDEN WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT
IS RIGHT, STAND TALL FOR OUR
TROOPS AND STAND STRONG AGAINST
OUR ENEMIES.
UNLIKE TRUMP, JOE BIDEN HAS
COMMON DECENCY.
HE HAS COMMON SENSE, HE CAN
COMMAND BOTH FROM EXPERIENCE AND
STRENGTH.
DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT DESERVE TO
CALL HIMSELF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OR ANOTHER FOUR MINUTES LET
ALONE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
OUR TROOPS DESERVE BETTER.
OUR COUNTRY DESERVES BETTER.
IF YOU AGREE, TEXT MORE TO 30330
TWO ELECTED JOE BIDEN, A LEADER
THAT CARES ENOUGH ABOUT AMERICA
TO LEAD.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I AM BEAU BIDEN.
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 ARE
GONE.
JOE BIDEN --BEAU BIDEN WAS A
SOLDIER AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE WAS TAKEN -- HE WAS GIVEN
JUST 46 YEARS ON THIS EARTH.
>> HE DID IN 46 YEARS WHAT SOME
OF US CAN'T DO IN 146 YEARS.
THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE MORE
FREE BECAUSE OF HIM.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER KNOW THAT
THEIR LIVES ARE BETTER BECAUSE
OF BEAU BIDEN BUT THAT IS OK.
THAT WAS NEVER THE POINT OF
PUBLIC TO HIM.
>> YOU KNEW 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 DID NOT KNOW ANY OTHER WAY.
>> BO DID NOT -- BEAU DID NOT
CUT CORNERS.
HE TURNED DOWN AN APPOINTMENT TO
BE DELAWARE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL
SO HE COULD WIN AT FAIR SQUARE.
-- WIN IT FAIR AND SQUARE.
AFTER 9/11, HE JOINED THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
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 AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS NO
LONGER WITH US, EVERY DAY STILL
INSPIRES THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME
TO BE HERE THIS FALL.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO ASK FOR YOU,
BE THERE FOR MY DAD LIKE HE WAS
FOR ME.
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO
CALLED ME WAS JOE.
HIS REAL WARMTH AND KINDNESS ON
THAT CALL, I HAVE TO SAY IT MADE
ME CRY.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS MADE
ME CRY AS WELL BUT IT HAS NEVER
HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS
WARMTH OR KINDNESS.
JOE BIDEN'S EMPATHY IS GENUINE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT.
THAT IS WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA
ASKED JOE TO HEAD UP THE CANCER
SECTION.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS SUFFERING
AND LOSS AND SACRIFICE.
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG ALSO KNOWS
SOMETHING ABOUT SACRIFICE.
HE VOLUNTEERED AND WAS DEPLOYED
TO AFGHANISTAN AND THEN RETURNED
HOME TO INDIANA TO BECOME A
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVANT.
SAY HI TO MAYOR PETE.
PETE BUTTIGIEG GOOD EVENING,
BEAU BIDEN LIVED A LIFE OF
SERVICE IN OFFICE AND IN
UNIFORM.
YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE
FOR THIS COUNTRY, YOU DO IT NOT
BECAUSE IT IS THE COUNTRY THAT
YOU LIVE IN, BUT IT IS BECAUSE
IT IS THE COUNTRY THAT YOU
BELIEVE IN.
I BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY
BECAUSE AMERICA UNIQUELY HOLDS
THE PROMISE OF A PLACE WHERE
EVERYONE CAN BELONG.
WE KNOW THAT FOR TOO MANY AND
TOO LONG, THAT PROMISE HAS BEEN
DENIED.
WE ALSO KNOW AMERICA IS AT ITS
BEST WHEN WE MAKE THAT CIRCLE OF
BELONGING LATER.
-- WIDER.
I JOINED A MILITARY WHERE FIRING
ME BECAUSE OF WHO I AM WAS NOT
JUST POSSIBLE, IT WAS POLICY.
IN 2020, IT IS UNLAWFUL IN
AMERICA TO FIRE SOMEONE BECAUSE
OF WHO THEY ARE.
THE VERY RING ON MY FINGER, A
WEDDING WE CELEBRATED HERE WHERE
I AM STANDING REFLECTS HOW THIS
COUNTRY CAN CHANGE.
LOVE MAKES MY MARRIAGE REAL.
POLITICAL COURAGE MADE IT
POSSIBLE.
INCLUDING THAT OF JOE BIDEN WHO
STEPPED OUT AHEAD EVEN OF THIS
PARTY WHEN HE SAID MARRIAGE
EQUALITY SHOULD BE THE LAW OF
THE LAND.
THERE WAS A LONG WAY TO GO.
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 AND FORMER
REPUBLICANS, STANDING FOR AN
AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.
JOE BIDEN IS RIGHT, THIS IS A
CONTEST FOR THE SOUL OF THE
NATION.
TO ME, THAT CONTEST IS NOT
BETWEEN GOOD AMERICANS AND
PEOPLE AMERICANS, IT IS THE
STRUGGLE TO CALL OUT WHAT IS
GOOD IN EVERY AMERICAN.
IT IS 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.
I HAVE SEEN THEIR EMPATHY AND
CAPACITY UP CLOSE.
JUST AS I HAVE SEEN MY FELLOW
AMERICANS'S CAPACITY TO SUPPORT
ONE ANOTHER AND INCLUDE ONE
ANOTHER IN NEW WAYS AND DO
BETTER BY THE PROMISE OF
AMERICA.
THE DAY I WAS BORN, THE IDEA OF
A CANDIDATE SEEKING ANY FEDERAL
OFFICE AT ALL WAS LAUGHABLE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I CAMPAIGN
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 ARE SQUARING OFF
IN COMPETITION JUST A FEW MONTHS
AGO.
A NUMBER OF US RECENTLY GOT
TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE JOE
THAT WE KNOW.
CORY: --
CORY BOOKER: I AM EXCITED TO
PRESENT TO YOU A GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT RAN IN THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY AGAINST JOE BIDEN.
YOU CAN THINK OF THIS SORT OF
LIKE SURVIVOR ON THE OUT
INTERVIEWS OF EVERYBODY WHO GOT
VOTED OFF THE ISLAND.
BERNIE, DON'T YOU LAUGH, I HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR YOU LIKE WHY DID
MY GIRLFRIEND LIKE YOU MORE THAN
SHE LIKES ME?
>> BECAUSE I AM SMARTER THAN
YOU, THAT IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER.
>> I AM CURIOUS, SENATOR SANDERS
AND 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?
>> I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT WHEN I
WAS GIVEN ONE OF THOSE FLOOR
SPEECHES -- GIVING ONE OF THOSE
FLOOR SPEECHES.
NO ONE WAS WATCHING.
I WAS ALONE AND I GAVE MY SPEECH
TO A COMPLETE EMPTY CHAMBER.
I WALKED OUT OF THERE AND I SAID
I WONDER IF I WAS -- IF MY MOM
WAS EVEN WATCHING THIS ON
C-SPAN.
AT THAT MOMENT, THE CELL PHONE
RINGS AND I THOUGHT MY MOM WAS
WATCHING ON C-SPAN.
DO YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS?
JOE BIDEN.
THAT GOES TO NOT ONLY HIS
KINDEST FOR CALLING ME AND BEING
A MENTOR BUT IT GOES TO HOW MUCH
HE CARES ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT
AND WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING.
AT HOME, AT NIGHT, HE IS
WATCHING AND HE CARES.
BERNIE: WE ALL WANT TO KNOW IF
YOUR MOTHER WATCHED THE SPEECH.
>> DEAR REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE
ALL GOING ON?
>> I WAS THERE THE SAME TIME HE
WAS.
HE PULLED ME ASIDE AT ONE POINT
AND HE POINTED TO SOMEBODY WE
BOTH KNEW WHO WAS WORKING ON MY
CAMPAIGN BUT HE HAD KNOWN FROM
BEFORE AND HE LET ME KNOW THAT
THAT WAS SOMEBODY WHO HAD GONE
THROUGH A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR
ME TO KNOW THAT ABOUT SOMEONE
WHO WAS WORKING WITH ME.
OVER TIME I REALIZED THAT IS
JUST BASIC DEGREE IS BUT -- THAT
IS JUST BASIC TO WHO HE IS.
BUT THAT STUCK WITH ME.
ELIZABETH: THE DAY THAT I SAW
JOE THE CLEAREST WAS ON ONE DAY
-- ONE YEAR AFTER THE BOSTON
MARATHON BOMBING, EVERYONE WAS
HONORED TO HAVE THE VICE
PRESIDENT THERE BUT HE SHIFTED
TO THE PARENT WHO HAD LOST A
CHILD, TO THE MAN WHO HAD LOST A
LIFE, TO SOMEONE WHO HAD
EXPERIENCED LOSS VERY
PERSONALLY.
HE SPOKE TO EACH OF THE FAMILIES
FROM THE HEART.
>> THAT IS PHENOMENAL.
WE WILL GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT
THIS IDEA OF THE INCLUSION OF
BIG IDEAS FROM ALL OVER THE
PARTY AND TO THE FUTURE AND THE
NEXT ADMINISTRATION.
>> THE MAGIC OF JOE BIDEN IS
EVERYTHING HE DOES BECOMES THE
NEW REASONABLE.
IF HE COMES WITH A PLAN TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, ALL OF
EVERYONE WILL FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
HE WANTS TO BUILD THE BEST TEAM
BUT DO IT TOGETHER.
THAT IS HOW WE WILL REBUILD THIS
COUNTRY.
>> I AM SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW DESPITE SOME
VERY DARK DAYS FOR A LOT OF OUR
FELLOW AMERICANS IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW.
AFTER THE MURDER OF AHMAUD
ARBERY AND BREONNA TAYLOR AND
GEORGE FLOYD, YOUNG PEOPLE BY
AND LARGE LED THESE PROTESTS AND
DID SO IN THE BEST TRADITIONS OF
THIS COUNTRY.
THE TRADITION OF JOHN LEWIS.
MY OPTIMISM AND MY FAITH IN THIS
COUNTRY IS REFLECTED IN THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE WAY THAT JOE AND, -- JOE AND
KAMALA ARE LISTENING TO THAT.
>> WE ARE SEEING THIS FROM A
POINT OF PRIVILEGE THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON
THE MARGINS.
MAYBE IT IS NOT A LIFE OR DEATH
ISSUE FOR YOU.
>> THIS IS CLEARLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE MODERN
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
JOE BIDEN, YOU HAVE A ACUMEN
BEING WHO IS EMPATHETIC --
ACUMEN BEING -- A HUMAN BEING
WHO IS EMPATHETIC.
THAT IS SOMETHING THIS COUNTRY
NEEDS.
ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU ARE
PROGRESSIVE, MODERATE,
CONSERVATIVE, WE HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER TO DEFEAT THIS
PRESIDENT.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
JOINING FOR THIS SEGMENT.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO RUN AGAINST
YOU.
IT WAS AN EVEN GREATER HONOR TO
STAND WITH YOU AND SUPPORT -- IN
SUPPORT OF JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS.
>> I HAD NEVER BEEN MUCH OF --
MUCH MORE POLITICIAN -- MUCH
MORE PARTISAN POLITICS.
I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A DEMOCRAT,
REPUBLICAN AND INDEPENDENT.
THE TWO PEOPLE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT COULD NOT BE MORE
DIFFERENT.
ONE BELIEVES IN FACT, ONE DOES
NOT.
ONE LISTENS TO EXPERTS, THE
OTHER THINGS HE KNOWS
EVERYTHING.
ONE LOOKS FORWARD AND SEES
STRENGTH IN AMERICA'S DIVERSITY.
THE OTHER LOOKS BACKWARD AND
SEES IMMIGRANTS AS ENEMIES AND
WHITE SUPREMACIST AS ALLIES.
HERE IS ANOTHER DIFFERENT.
ONE HAS PROVEN THAT HE KNOWS HOW
TO HANDLE A CRISIS BY HELPING TO
LEAD THE ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
AFTER THE 2008 RECESSION.
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 A YEAR DOWN PLANE THE
THREAT, IGNORING SCIENCE AND
RECOMMENDING CRAP CURES.
HE HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE CATASTROPHICALLY.
FOUR YEARS AGO, I CAN BEFORE
THIS VERY CONVENTION AND SAID
NEW YORKERS KNOW A CON WHEN WE
SEE ONE.
I AM NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE
IS A BAD GUY.
I AM URGING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST
HIM BECAUSE HE HAS DONE A BAD
JOB.
TODAY, UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT
HISTORIC HIGHS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING JUST
TO SURVIVE.
IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
BEFORE I RAN FOR MAYOR, I SPENT
20 YEARS RUNNING A BUSINESS I
STARTED FROM SCRATCH.
I WANT TO ASK SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ONE
QUESTION.
IT IS A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE.
WOULD YOU REHIRE OR WORK FOR
SOMEONE WHO RAN YOUR BUSINESS
INTO THE GROUND?
AND WHO ALWAYS DOES WHAT IS 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 THEN WORKING?
IF THE ANSWER IS NO, WHY WOULD
WE EVER REHIRE DONALD TRUMP FOR
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS?
TRUMP SAYS WE SHOULD VOTE FOR
HIM BECAUSE HE IS A GREAT
BUSINESSMAN.
REALLY?
HE DROVE HIS COMPANIES INTO
BANKRUPTCY SIX TIMES, ALWAYS
LEAVING BEHIND CUSTOMERS AND
CONTRACTORS WHO HAD CHEATED AND
SWINDLED AND STOPPED DOING
BUSINESS WITH HIM.
THIS TIME, ALL OF US ARE PAYING
THE PRICE.
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.
WHAT?
BIDEN AND OBAMA CREATED MORE
JOBS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS
THAN THE TRUMPET ADMINISTRATION
DID OVER THERE FIRST THREE.
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.
WHEN TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN HE IS MAKING
A PRETTY GOOD CASE FOR JOE
BIDEN.
OUR GOAL SHOULD NOT BE TO BRING
BACK THE PANDEMIC ECONOMY.
IT SHOULD BE 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.
JOE WILL REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING
ROADS AND BRIDGES, SOMETHING
TRUMP HAS INCESSANTLY TALKED
ABOUT DOING BUT IN THE LAST 3.5
YEARS, HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING.
WHAT A JOKE.
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE SECRET,
DONALD TRUMP'S ECONOMIC PLAN WAS
TO GIVE A YEARS TAX CUT TO GUYS
LIKE ME WHO DID NOT NEED IT.
WE CAN FUND THINGS OUR WHOLE
COUNTRY NEEDS.
INVESTING IN AMERICAN RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE
PRODUCTS OF TOMORROW ARE MADE
TODAY BY AMERICAN WORKERS.
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
THOUGHT IT, FOR FREEDOM,
DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY.
MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD BOOK WAS
CALLED JOHNNY TREMAINE ABOUT A
BOSTON BOY WHO JOINS THE SONS OF
LIBERTY AT THE DAWN OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
AT THE END OF THE BOOK, JOHNNY
STANDS ON LEXINGTON COMMONS AND
SEES A NATION GREEN WITH SPRING,
DREAMING OF THE FUTURE.
THAT IS THE AMERICA I KNOW AND
LOVE AND THAT IS THE AMERICA WE
ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING.
LET'S PUT A 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 KEMAL -- KAMALA, GO GET
THEM, FOR US.
>> WE CAN HELP YOU FIND THE BEST
WAY TO VOTE IN YOUR STATE.
PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV,
30330.
ANYONE CAN DO IT.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A
YOUNG MAN THAT VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN MEANT EARLIER THIS YEAR
AND HELPED HIM FIND HIS VOICE.
SAY HELLO TO BRADEN HARRINGTON.
>> MY NAME IS BRADEN HARRINGTON,
I AM 13 YEARS OLD.
WITHOUT JOE BIDEN, I WOULD NOT
BE TALKING TO TODAY.
ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I MET
HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE TOLD ME 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 LEAD -- READ
OUT LOUD TO PRACTICE.
I DID THE SAME THING TODAY.
NOW I AM 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 AM JUST A REGULAR KID.
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, JOE
MADDON -- JOE BIDEN AND ME FEEL
BETTER ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MADE
ME FEEL BAD ALL MY LIFE.
JOE BIDEN CARED.
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 ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO ELECT
JOE BIDEN.
>> THE FIRST TIME I MET JOE, I
WAS READING AT MY SYNAGOGUE.
I HAD TO DO A FUNERAL SERVICE.
TOWARD THE END OF THE SERVICE, A
DOOR OPENS UP.
THIS PERSON WHO WAS MUCH YOUNGER
THAN THESE OCTOGENARIANS THERE
WALKED INTO THE ROOM.
IT WAS OUR U.S. SENATOR, JOE
BIDEN.
HE WAS VERY RESPECTFUL, HE STOOD
IN THE BACK.
HIS HEAD WAS BOWED IN REVERENCE.
I SAID WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHAT HE SAID WAS JUST SO LOVELY.
HE SAID THIS DEAR LADY GAVE $18
TO MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME I STARTED IN 1970.
THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
WE WERE SMALLER.
>> GRANDDAUGHTER INTERVIEW, TAKE
ONE.
>> THIS IS GOOD.
>> WHAT DON'T I KNOW ABOUT YOUR
GRANDFATHER?
>> HE IS ALWAYS EATING ICE
CREAM.
USUALLY, IT'S LIKE VANILLA.
>> VANILLA WITH CHOCOLATE
SPRINKLES.
>> BONILLA ON A REGULAR NIGHT.
>> NO, CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES.
>> HAVE CHOCOLATE AND HALF OF
VANILLA.
>> HE LIKES EATING ICE CREAM IN
HIDDEN WAYS, HALF IN THE
FREEZER.
HE HIDES IT.
>> LIKE EVERY DAY.
IF WE DON'T TALK TO HIM FOR A
DAY, WE WILL HAVE WITHDRAWAL.
>> NOT A LOT.
HE ALWAYS CALLS WITH THE SAME
ENERGY.
EVEN AFTER HE HAS DONE 15
INTERVIEWS IN A ROW.
>> HI, POPS.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU.
>> I DON'T NECESSARILY PICK UP
EVERY DAY, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF
VOICEMAILS.
HE WILL PICK UP CALLS NO MATTER
WHERE HE IS.
HE WOULD BE ON STAGE GIVING A
SPEECH AND WE CALL HIM, AND HE
IS LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG?
>> WHAT DOES THE WORD "FAMILY"
MEAN TO YOU?
>> WE HAVE GROWN UP TOGETHER.
HE HAS MADE SURE THAT EVERY
SINGLE TRADITION, EVERY HOLIDAY,
WE ARE ALL TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE HAS
BEEN ANY DECISION, NO MATTER HOW
BIG OR SMALL, THAT WE HAVE NOT
DECIDED AS A FAMILY.
>> PA TOLD US THAT THIS ELECTION
WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM
ANY OTHER ELECTION, EVER.
HE WAS WORRIED HOW IT WOULD
AFFECT HIS KIDS --
>> WHETHER WE WANTED TO GO
THROUGH ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AND BE
SCRUTINIZED BY THE PRESS.
>> THERE HAD BEEN TALKS OF A BIG
MEETING COMING.
>> IT IS NORMALLY CALLED BY THE
PARENTS, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS
CALLED BY ME.
>> I CAME DOWN FROM PAN -- PENN
AND MAISIE CAME UP.
>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE CALLING A
MEETING TO DISCUSS WHETHER WE
WANTED HIM TO, BUT WE WERE
MEETING TO SAY, GET IN THE RACE.
>> WE KNEW THAT HE HAD TO RUN,
AND WE WERE NOT GOING TO TAKE NO
AS AN ANSWER.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
THINK WE ARE ALL VERY HAPPY WE
HAD THAT MEETING.
VP BIDEN: 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 OUR KIDS
LIVE IN A NATION THAT IS SAFE,
HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND FAIR.
THIS ELECTION --
>> WE ARE VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN, SHALL
WE?
>> WHAT DOES JUMP IN MEAN?
MOMMY, I CAN'T BE QUIET.
>> WHY?
I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE QUIET.
YOU DESERVE TO SAY WHATEVER IT
IS THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND.
THIS MOMENT, RIGHT NOW.
EVERY ELECTION IS IMPORTANT.
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF
THE SOCIAL INJUSTICES, RACIAL
INEQUALITY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE
HAVE CHILDREN.
>> EXCUSE ME, MOMMY.
I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
>> OK.
STEPH: YOU HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW?
YOU KNOW WHERE THE PRESIDENT
LIVES?
>> IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> WASHINGTON, D.C.
STEPH: DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
PRESIDENT'S JOB IS?
>> TO HELP THE WORLD.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE.
STEPH: AS WE SAY.
>> 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?
>> ELEPHANTS.
TAKING CARE OF THE EARTH AND THE
PEOPLE.
STEPH: GIRLS, IT IS 2020 AND THE
ELECTION IS COMING UP IN
NOVEMBER.
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT?
>> JOE BIDEN.
STEPH: YEP.
>> AND --
>> EXACTLY, THAT'S IT.
IT'S OVER.
STEPH: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU
KNEW THAT JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO
HAVE A WOMAN AS HIS VICE
PRESIDENT?
>> SURPRISED AND HAPPY.
STEPH: WHY?
>> IT WOULD MAKE A LOT -- A LOT
OF WOMEN -- WOMEN HELPING
ALONGSIDE THE PRESIDENT.
STEPH: HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU
THINK YOUR FAITH IS IN THE WAY
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE RUSSIAN MARK
>> REALLY -- LIVE YOUR LIFE?
>> REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS I HAVE,
AND I LOVE MY FAMILY.
>> WITH THAT SAID, WE THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING TO THIS VERY
CANDID CONVERSATION WITH OUR
DAUGHTERS.
WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
TRULY DO YOUR RESEARCH, THINK
ABOUT YOUR OWN HOME, AND WHAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROJECTED
OUT INTO THE WORLD, IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, AND MAKING SURE THAT
YOU VOTE THIS ELECTION FOR
BIDEN.
WHENEVER YOU DO, PLEASE VOTE.
EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
JUST REMEMBER THAT.
ARE YOU GOING TO DANCE OUT?
JULIA: HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION.
HOW MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY
ARE YOU WILLING TO DEVOTE TO
ELECT JOE BIDEN?
HERE IS MY ANSWER.
I'M GOING ALL IN.
LOOK, ELECTIONS CAN BREAK YOUR
HEART, BUT SOMETIMES, THEY CAN
MAKE YOU SING FROM THE
MOUNTAINTOPS, AND THIS YEAR, WE
ARE GOING TO SING.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO ELECT
A PRESIDENT WHO IS HONEST,
EXPERIENCED, AND INTELLIGENT --
A PRESIDENT WHO 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 OR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO FAMILY.
SO, WHO BETTER TO INTRODUCE OUR
NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN, DAN HIS
CHILDREN -- THAN HIS CHILDREN?
HUNTER: I'M HUNTER BIDEN.
ASHLEY: I'M ASHLEY BIDEN.
HUNTER: JOE BIDEN IS OUR DAD.
ASHLEY: AND BEAU IS OUR BROTHER.
HUNTER: OUR DAD WILL BE TOUGH
AND HONEST.
ASHLEY: CARING AND PRINCIPLED.
HUNTER: HE WILL BE THERE WHEN
YOU NEED HIM.
ASHLEY: HE WILL TELL YOU THE
TRUTH EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T WANT
TO HEAR IT.
HUNTER: HE WILL NEVER LET YOU
DOWN.
ASHLEY: ROCKSTEADY.
HUNTER: STRONGEST SHOULDER.
ASHLEY: BEAM WITH PRIDE.
HUNTER: HE WILL MAKE YOUR
GRANDKIDS FEEL WHAT THEY HAVE
GOT TO SAY MATTERS.
ASHLEY: HE WILL TREAT EVERYONE
WITH RESPECT, NO MATTER WHO.
HUNTER: HE WILL GET UP NO MATTER
HOW MANY TIMES HE'S KNOCKED
DOWN.
ASHLEY: HE WILL BE THE WORST
ENEMY OF ANY BULLY.
HUNTER: HE WILL BE THE BEST
FRIEND YOU'VE HAD.
ASHLEY: HE WILL LOVE YOU.
HUNTER: AND IF YOU GIVE HIM YOUR
CELL PHONE NUMBER --
ASHLEY: HE IS GOING TO CALL IT.
HE HAS BEEN THAT WAY OUR WHOLE
LIFE.
HUNTER: HE HAS BEEN A GREAT
FATHER.
ASHLEY: AND WE THINK YOU WILL BE
A GREAT PRESIDENT.
HUNTER: BEAU IS NOT WITH US ANY
LONGER.
ASHLEY: BUT HE IS WITH US IN OUR
HEARTS, AND WE CAN HEAR HIS
VOICE --
HUNTER: JUST LIKE IT WAS
YESTERDAY EVERY -- YESTERDAY.
IN 2008 AND 2012, HE INTRODUCED
OUR DAD AT THOSE CONVENTIONS.
ASHLEY: AND IF HE WAS HERE, WE
KNOW WHAT HE WOULD SAY.
HUNTER: SO BEFORE WE SHOW YOU A
FILM ABOUT OUR DAD'S JOURNEY, WE
WANTED TO GIVE BEAU THE LAST
WORD.
ASHLEY: TAKE IT AWAY.
BEAU: IN MOMENTS BOTH PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE, HE IS THE FATHER I HAVE
ALWAYS KNOWN, THE GRANDFATHER MY
CHILDREN LOVED 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.
PRES. OBAMA: WHEN WE CAME INTO
OFFICE IN 2009, WE WERE GOING
THROUGH WHAT WAS THEN THE WORST
FINANCIAL CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT
DEPRESSION.
>> 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 TO NEAR
ZERO LEVELS.
>> THE AUTO COMPANIES FACED
BANKRUPTCY, AND MANY SAID, LET
THEM FAIL.
BUT JOE REMEMBERED HIS FATHER
AND WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE A JOB.
THE FINNIGANS AND BIDENS WERE
IRISH CATHOLICS.
JOE WAS THEIR FIRST.
AND THEN, HIS SISTER, VALERIE.
VALERIE: FROM THE MOMENT I
OPENED MY EYES, MY BIG MOTHER
WAS THERE.
THE THING THAT WAS MOST
IMPORTANT WAS FAMILY, AND
FAMILY, AND FAMILY.
>> IS THE POSTWAR BOOM FADED,
JOE'S FATHER STRUGGLED TO FIND
WORK IN SCRANTON.
BUT 140 MILES SOUTH, THERE WAS A
JOB IN WILMINGTON.
VALERIE: THERE WAS A LONG
STAIRWAY UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
DAD WENT UP TO JOEY AND OUR
BEDROOM, SAYING, JOEY, YOU'VE
GOT TO BE A BIG BOY.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, JOE SAW
THE HEAVY BURDEN OF A FATHER,
AND IT WAS A LESSON HE WOULD
NEVER FORGET.
VALERIE: A JOB IS A LOT MORE
THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT IS ABOUT DIGNITY.
>> THE COUNTRY WAS LOSING TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS A DAY, AND
THEN DID -- AND THEY NEEDED
THREE VOTES TO PASS AN ECONOMIC
RESCUE PACKAGE.
>> JOE BIDEN WAS HANDED THE TASK
OF GETTING THREE REPUBLICAN
VOTES.
>> JOE RETURNS TO THE PLACE HE
HAD BEEN SO EFFECTIVE.
>> PASSIONATE ARGUMENT,
SYMPATHETIC LISTENING,
WILLINGNESS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO BRING
PEOPLE ON BOARD.
>> WHEN THE LAW FINALLY PASSED,
THE PRESIDENT TAPPED HIS PARTNER
TO RUN THE PROGRAM.
JOE PRESSED EVERY DOLLAR,
CALLING MAYORS AND GOVERNORS.
>> TALKING ON THE PHONE, ONE ON
ONE, HE GAVE EVERY ONE OF THEM
HIS CELL PHONE.
>> I WATCHED HIM BRING HIS HEART
TO THAT JOB.
IT MATTERS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
MIND THE FAMILY YOU ARE TRYING
TO REACH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU
ARE TRYING TO REACH, THE PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT
YOU DO.
>> THE SKILLS THAT HAD MADE HIM
SO EFFECTIVE HAD NOT COME EASY.
WHEN HE ENTERED SCHOOL, THERE
WAS A PROBLEM.
JOE HAD A STUTTER.
VP BIDEN: IT IS MORTIFYING.
IT ALLOWS THAT CHILD TO BECOME
AN OBJECT OF RIDICULE.
>> HIS TEACHER MIMICKED HIM AND
HE RAN HOME FROM SCHOOL.
HIS MOTHER DROVE HIM BACK.
VP BIDEN: DID YOU SAY TO MY SON
B-B-BIDEN?
MY MOTHER STOOD UP, ALL FIVE
FOOT TWO OF HER AND SAID, IF YOU
EVER TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT, I
WILL COME BACK AND RIP THAT
BONNET OFF YOUR HEAD.
JOEY, BACK TO CLASS.
SOME ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS.
I USED TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF A
MIRROR WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND
PRACTICE.
SHE WOULD 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 LIFEGUARD ALONG WITH
THE BLACK LIFEGUARD.
AND WE BECAME FRIENDS.
VP BIDEN: IT IS ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS I HAD EVER DONE BECAUSE
IT GAVE ME A SENSE THAT WE
REALLY DID NOT KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
>> AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
WAS ASSASSINATED, RIOTS BROKE
OUT IN WILMINGTON, AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD WAS THERE FOR
ALMOST A YEAR.
THE P BIDEN: I QUIT THE LAW FIRM
TO BECOME A PUBLIC DEFENDER.
THAT IS WHAT SORT OF GOT ME
INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
>> JK THE BOGGS -- BOGGS WAS A
POPULAR WAR HERO IN A SOLID
REPUBLICAN STATE AND FEW TOOK
JOE'S CAMPAIGN SERIOUSLY.
>> IN DELAWARE, THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WAS NONFUNCTIONAL.
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO PUT UP A
CANDIDATE, THEY DID NOT WANT TO
TOUCH IT.
THIS YOUNG STAR, JOE BIDEN, WHO
HAD A POT OF IDEAS AND NO MONEY,
NO INFLUENCE -- THE PARTY SAID,
OK, THEN GO AHEAD, GIVE IT A
WHIRL.
VP BIDEN: THAT IS WHAT I HAVE.
IF YOU LIKE IT, HELP ME OUT.
>> WE WOULD HAVE A COFFEE AND
THEN HAVE FIVE MORE COFFEES.
HE WAS VERY ARTICULATE ON
ISSUES.
HE BROUGHT PEOPLE TO SAY NOT
JUST, "I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE
DOING."
IT WAS, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?
>> BOGGS, THE INCUMBENT,
DEFEATED BY JOE BIDEN, THE
DEMOCRAT, WHO IS 29 YEARS OF
AGE.
>> BUT EXHILARATION SOON TURNED
TO TRAGEDY.
>> IT WAS CLEAR HE HAD DECIDED
THAT I AM NOT GOING TO BE A
SENATOR.
THE BOYS NEED ME TOO MUCH.
VP BIDEN: I WAS PREPARED TO WALK
AWAY IN 1973.
BUT MEN LIKE TED KENNEDY AND
HUBERT HUMPHREY, FRITZ HOLLINS
-- THEY CONVINCED ME TO STAY.
JUST SAIS -- STAY SIX MONTHS,
JOE.
JUST SIX MONTHS.
>> HE COULD NOT ALLOW THE
SUFFERING TO DEBILITATE HIM.
JUST LIKE HE COULD NOT ALLOW THE
STUTTERING TO DEFINE HIM.
THAT IS THE BACKBONE.
THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN
JOE'S SUFFERING.
>> THE SENATE TURNED OUT TO BE
IN 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.
ASHLEY: GROWING UP, IT WAS FULL
OF ADVENTURE, LAUGHTER.
>> WE DO EVERYTHING AS A FAMILY.
ASHLEY: HE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD,
LOVING FATHER.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT
TO JOE THAN HIS CHILDREN.
HUNTER: IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN
HOWEVER PRESENT HE WAS IN YOUR
LIFE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT MY
DAD BELIEVES.
THE GREAT BENEFIT OF BEING MY
FATHER IS THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE
TO CONTORT HIMSELF INTO
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT
TIMES.
ASHLEY: BEAU WAS GOING TO DO
FINE THINGS.
HE HAD IT ALL.
AND THEN -- THE WHOLE WORLD
TILTED.
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ALL FALLING
OFF.
>> ONCE AGAIN, JOE FACED THE
UNIMAGINABLE.
VP BIDEN: MY MOTHER, SHE SAID
BRAVERY RESIDES IN EVERY HEART,
AND SOMEDAY, IT WILL BE
SUMMONED.
>> THE WAY HE SURVIVED LOSING MY
MOM AND MY SISTER, AND LOSING MY
BROTHER, HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PURPOSE.
VP BIDEN: EVERY DAY, I GET UP.
I ASK MYSELF -- I HOPE HE IS
PROUD OF BEING.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT -- HE IS
PROUD OF ME.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME
MOVE ON.
>> IN THE SENATE AND THE WHITE
HOUSE, JOE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY
FORWARD, FORGING UNLIKELY
FRIENDSHIPS AND ALLIANCES.
AND TIME AFTER TIME, HE MADE
PROGRESS POSSIBLE, 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
PRESENCE OF GOVERNING.
JOE BIDEN NEVER FORGETS THAT
THAT IS THE POINT OF GOVERNANCE.
>> HE WILL KEEP HIS WORD.
HE WILL REACH OUT AND HEAR WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
>> TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES
IN WHAT IS BEST IN US, SOMEBODY
LIKE JOE BIDEN, WHO ACTUALLY
BELIEVES IN THE AMERICAN IDEAL
-- THAT IS THE KIND OF PERSON
WHO I WANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE P BIDEN: GOOD -- VP BIDEN:
ELLA BAKER LEFT US WITH THIS
WISDOM.
GIVE PEOPLE A WAY, AND THEY WILL
FIND THE WAY.
GIVE PEOPLE LIKE.
-- LIGHT.
THOSE ARE WORDS FOR OUR TIME.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS
CLOAKED AMERICAN DARKNESS FOR
MUCH TOO LONG.
TOO MUCH ANGER.
TOO MUCH FEAR.
TOO MUCH DIVISION.
HERE AND NOW, I GIVE YOU MY WORD
-- IF YOU TRUST 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'S 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,
FACT OVER FICTION, FAIRNESS OVER
PRIVILEGE.
I'M A PROUD DEMOCRAT, AND I WILL
BE PROUD TO CARRY THE BANNER OF
OUR PARTY TO THE GENERAL
ELECTION.
SO IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND
HUMILITY I ACCEPT THIS
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BUT WHILE I'LL BE A DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE, I'LL BE AN AMERICAN
PRESIDENT.
I WILL WORK HARD FOR THOSE WHO
DID NOT SUPPORT ME -- AS HARD
FOR THEM AS I DID FOR THOSE WHO
DID VOTE FOR ME.
THAT IS 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.
IT'S A MOMENT 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 COLLECTION
OF CLASHING INTERESTS, OF RED
STATES OR BLUE STATES.
WE ARE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT PLEDGED A NEW DEAL IN
A TIME OF MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT,
UNCERTAINTY, AND FEAR.
STRICKEN BY DISEASE, STRICKEN BY
A VIRUS, FDR INSISTED THAT HE
WOULD RECOVER AND PREVAIL, AND
HE BELIEVED AMERICA COULD AS
WELL -- AND HE DID, AND WE CAN
AS WELL.
THIS CAMPAIGN ISN'T JUST ABOUT
WINNING VOTES.
IT'S ABOUT WINNING THE HEART,
AND YES, THE SOUL, OF AMERICA --
WINNING IT FOR THE GENEROUS
AMONG US, NOT THE SELFISH.
WINNING IT FOR WORKERS WHO KEEP
THIS COUNTRY GOING, NOT JUST THE
PRIVILEGED FEW AT THE TOP.
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 ON AMERICA OF
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 ARE READY WHEN THAT MOMENT
ARRIVES.
AND NOW, HISTORY HAS DELIVERED
US TO ONE OF THE MOST OCCULT
MOMENTS AMERICA HAS EVER FACED
-- MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS
AMERICA HAS EVER FACED.
FOUR HISTORIC CRISES, ALL AT THE
SAME TIME -- A PERFECT STORM.
THE WORST PANDEMIC IN OVER 100
YEARS.
THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE
THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
THE MOST COMPELLING CALL FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE SINCE THE 1960'S.
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.
YOU KNOW, ALL ELECTIONS ARE
IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW IN OUR BONES THIS ONE IS
MORE CONSEQUENTIAL.
AS MANY HAVE SAID, AMERICA IS AT
AN INFLECTION POINT, A TIME OF
REAL PERIL, BUT ALSO
EXTRAORDINARY POSSIBILITIES.
WE CAN CHOOSE A PATH OF BECOMING
ANGRIER, LESS HOPEFUL, MORE
DIVIDED -- A PATH OF SHADOW AND
SUSPICION -- OR WE CAN CHOOSE A
DIFFERENT PATH, AND TOGETHER,
TAKE THIS CHANCE TO HEAL, TO
REFORM, TO UNITE, A PATH OF HOPE
AND LIGHT.
THIS IS A LIFE-CHANGING
ELECTION.
THIS IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHAT
AMERICA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT.
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT.
DECENCY, SCIENCE, DEMOCRACY --
THEY ARE 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.
5 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 IS
REELECT, YOU KNOW WHAT WILL
HAPPEN.
CASES AND DEATHS WILL REMAIN FAR
TOO HIGH.
MORE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES WILL
CLOSE THEIR DOORS, 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 IS DESTROYED,
TAKING INSURANCE AWAY FROM MORE
THAN 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 -- 100 MILLION
MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
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, THEY
PRESIDENT OUR CHILDREN COULD AND
DID LOOK UP TO.
NO ONE IS GOING TO SAY THAT
ABOUT THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS
PRESIDENT IS, IF HE IS GIVEN
FOUR MORE YEARS, HE WILL BE WHAT
HE HAS 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 WILL 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
QUESTION MARK -- CHILDREN?
I SEE A DIFFERENT AMERICA, ONE
THAT IS GENEROUS AND STRONG,
SELFLESS AND HUMBLE.
IT IS AN AMERICA WE CAN REBUILD
TOGETHER.
AS PRESIDENT, THE FIRST STEP I
WILL TAKE BE TO GET CONTROL OF
THE VIRUS THAT HAS RUINED SO
MANY LIVES, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
SOMETHING THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT
FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE WILL NEVER GET OUR ECONOMY
BACK ON TRACK, WE WILL NEVER GET
OUR KIDS SAFELY BACK IN SCHOOL,
WE WILL NEVER HAVE OUR LIVES
BACK UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THIS
VIRUS.
THE TRAGEDY OF WHERE WE ARE
TODAY IS IT DID NOT 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 AND 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 AM YOUR PRESIDENT, ON DAY
ONE, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE
NATIONAL STRATEGY I HAVE BEEN
LAYING OUT SINCE MARCH.
WE WILL DEVELOP AND DEPLOY RAPID
TEST, WITH RESULTS AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY.
YOU WILL MAKE THE MEDICAL
SUPPLIES AND PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT THAT OUR COUNTRY
NEEDS.
WE WILL 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 WILL MAKE SURE SCHOOLS HAVE
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE
OPEN, SAFE, AND EFFECTIVE.
WE WILL PUT POLITICS ASIDE.
WE WILL TAKE THE MUZZLE OFF OUR
EXPERTS, SO THE PUBLIC GETS THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED AND
DESERVE -- HONEST, UNVARNISHED
TRUTH.
THEY CAN HANDLE IT.
WE WILL HAVE A NATIONAL MANDATE
TO WEAR MASKS, NOT AS A BURDEN,
BUT AS A PATRIOTIC DUTY TO
PROTECT ONE ANOTHER.
IN SHORT, WE WILL DO WHAT WE
SHOULD HAVE DONE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS FAILED
IN HIS MOST BASIC DUTY TO THE
NATION.
HE HAS FAILED TO PROTECT US.
HE HAS FAILED TO PROTECT
AMERICA.
AND MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THAT IS
UNFORGIVABLE.
AS PRESIDENT, I WILL MAKE YOU A
PROMISE.
I WILL 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 IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
CHEST, AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
BEING SUCKED INTO IT.
I KNOW HOW MEAN AND CRUEL AND
UNFAIR LIFE CAN BE SOMETIMES.
BUT I HAVE LEARNED TWO THINGS.
FIRST, YOUR LOVED ONE MAY HAVE
LEFT THIS EARTH, BUT THEY WILL
NEVER LEAVE YOUR HEART.
THEY WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU.
YOU WILL ALWAYS HEAR THE.
-- THEM.
AND SECOND, I FOUND THE BEST WAY
THROUGH PAIN AND LOSS AND GRIEF
IS DEFINED 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
WHITE TO THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN --
A LIGHT TO THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN,
AND TO LIVE UP TO AND MAKE REAL
THE WORDS WRITTEN IN THE SACRED
THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL, ENDOWED BY THEIR
CREATOR WITH CERTAIN IN ANNUAL
BILL OF RIGHTS.
AMONG THEM, LIFE, LIBERTY AND
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
MY DAD WAS AN HONORABLE, DECENT
MAN.
HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TIMES
PRETTY HARD.
HE ALWAYS GOT BACK UP.
HE WORKED HARD.
HE BUILT A GREAT MIDDLE-CLASS
PLAY FOR SAY -- FOR A FAMILY.
HE USED TO SAY, JOEY, I DO NOT
EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE
MY PROBLEMS, BUT I SURE EXPECT
THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE.
HE SAID A JOB IS ABOUT A LOT
MORE THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT IS ABOUT DIGNITY, RESPECT,
YOUR PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK
YOUR KID IN THE EYE AND SAY,
HONEY, IT IS GOING TO BE OK AND
MEAN IT.
I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THOSE
LESSONS.
THAT IS WHY MY ECONOMIC PLAN IS
ALL ABOUT JOBS, DIGNITY, RESPECT
AND COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER, WE CAN AND WILL
REBUILD OUR ECONOMY.
WHEN WE DO, WE WILL NOT ONLY
BUILD BACK.
WE WILL BUILD BACK BETTER WITH
MODERN ROADS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS,
PORTS AND AIRPORTS AS A NEW
FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
WITH PIPES TO TRANSPORT CLEAN
WATER TO EVERY COMMUNITY.
WITH 5 MILLION NEW MANUFACTURING
AND TECHNOLOGY JOBS SO THE
FUTURE IS MADE IN AMERICA.
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT
LOWERS PREMIUMS, DEDUCTIBLES,
DRUG PRICES BY BUILDING ON THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HE IS TRYING
TO RIP AWAY.
FOR THE BEST JOBS OF THE 21ST
CENTURY.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THING
AMERICAN WORKERS CANNOT DO.
OUR COST DOES NOT PREVENT YOUNG
PEOPLE FROM GOING TO COLLEGE AND
THEN STUDENT DEBT CRASH THEM
WHEN THEY GET OUT.
THE CHILDCARE AND ELDERCARE
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.
WITH NEWLY EMPOWERED LABOR
UNIONS, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
BUILT THE MIDDLE-CLASS.
EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN WITH RISING
WAGES YOU CAN RAISE A CHILD ON,
A FAMILY OWNED.
AND YES, WE ARE GOING TO DO MORE
THAN PRAISE OUR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO PAY
THEM.
WE CAN AND WE WILL DEAL WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT IS NOT ONLY A CRISIS.
IT IS AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO
LEAD THE WORLD IN CLEAN ENERGY
AND CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW GOOD
PAYING JOBS IN THE PROCESS.
WE CAN PAY FOR THESE INVESTMENTS
BY ENDING LOOPHOLES AND THE
PRESIDENT'ONE POINTS $3 TRILLION
TAX GIVEAWAY TO THE WEALTHIEST
1% AND THE BIGGEST MORE
PROFITABLE CORPORATIONS, SOME OF
WHICH DO NOT PAY ANY TAX AT ALL.
BECAUSE WE DO NOT NEED A TAX
CODE THAT REWARDS WEALTH MORE
THAN IT REWARDS WORK.
I AM NOT LOOKING TO PUNISH
ANYONE.
FAR FROM IT.
BUT AS LONG PAST TIME THE
WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE BIGGEST
CORPORATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY PAY
THEIR FAIR SHARE.
AND FOR OUR SENIORS, SOCIAL
SECURITY IS A SACRED OBLIGATION,
A SACRED PROMISE MADE.
THEY PAID FOR.
THE CURREN PRESIDENT --
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS
THREATENING TO BREAK THAT
PROMISE.
WITHOUT ANY WAY OF MAKING UP FOR
THE LOST REVENUE.
RESULTING IN CUTS.
I WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
IF I AM YOUR PRESIDENT, WE ARE
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 ARE SPEAKING TO THE
INEQUITY AND INJUSTICE IN
AMERICA.
ECONOMIC INJUSTICE, RACIAL
INJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL
INJUSTICE.
I HEAR THEIR VOICES.
IF YOU LISTEN, YOU CAN HEAR THEM
TOO.
WHETHER IT IS THE ACCIDENTAL --
THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT POSED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE, THE FEAR OF
BEING GUNNED DOWN IN SCHOOL, THE
FEAR OF STARTING YOUR NEXT JOB,
WILL BE THE WORK OF THE NEXT
PRESIDENT TO RESTORE THE PROMISE
OF AMERICA TO EVERYONE.
I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT
ALONE BECAUSE I WILL HAVE A
GREAT VICE PRESIDENT AT MY SIDE,
SENATOR DEMOCRATS, (202)
748-8000, REPUBLICANS, (202)
748-8001, INDEPENDENTS, (202)
748-8002 -- SENATOR KAMALA HAR
RIS.
HER STORY IS THE AMERICAN STORY.
SHE KNOWS ABOUT ALL THE
OBSTACLES THROWN IN THE WAY OF
SO MANY IN HER COUNTRY.
WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN, BLACK
AMERICANS.
THE LEFT OUT AND THE LEFT
BEHIND.
SHE HAS OVERCOME EVERY OBSTACLE
SHE HAS EVER FACED.
IT HAS BEEN -- NO ONE HAS BEEN
TOUGHER ON THE BIG BANKS AND THE
GUN LOBBY.
NO ONE HAS BEEN TOUGHER ON
CALLING OUT THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS
EXTREMISM.
ITS FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
IT'S FAILURE TO TELL THE TRUTH
-- ITS FAILURE TO TELL THE
TRUTH.
SHE AND I DRAW FROM OUR
FAMILIES.
THAT IS WHERE WE GET OUR
STRENGTH.
FOR KAMALA, IT IS DOUG AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
FOR ME, IT IS JILL AND HOURS.
I SAID MANY TIMES, NO MAN
DESERVES ONE GREAT LOVE IN HIS
LIFE, LET ALONE TWO.
I HAVE KNOWN TWO.
I AFTER LOSING MY FIRST WIFE,
JILL CAME INTO MY LIFE.
SHE IS AN EDUCATOR, A MOM, A
MILITARY MOM.
AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE.
IF SHE PUTS HER MIND TO IT, JUST
GET OUT OF THE WAY.
SHE IS GOING TO GET IT DONE.
SHE WAS A GREAT SECOND LADY.
I KNOW SHE WILL MAKE A GREAT
FIRST LADY FOR THIS NATION.
SHE LOVES THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH.
AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE
STRENGTH THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM
FAMILY.
HUNTER, ASHLEY, ALL OF OUR
GRANDCHILDREN.
MY BROTHERS, MY SISTER.
THEY GIVE ME COURAGE.
THEY LIFT ME UP.
ALTHOUGH HE IS NO LONGER WITH
US, BEAU INSPIRES ME EVERY DAY.
BEAU SERVED OUR NATION IN
UNIFORM.
A YEAR IN IRAQ, A DECORATED
IRAQI WAR VETERAN.
I TAKE IT VERY PERSONALLY AND I
HAVE A PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY
OF SERVING AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
I WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO WILL
STAND WITH OUR ALLIES AND MAKE
IT CLEAR TO OUR ADVERSARIES, THE
DAYS OF 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 FAR
INTERFERENCE IN OUR MOST SACRED
DEMOCRATIC EXERCISE, BOATING.
-- EXERCISE, VOTING.
I WILL ALWAYS STAND FOR OUR
VALUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
DIGNITY.
I WILL WORK IN COMMON PURPOSE
FOR MORE SECURE, PEACEFUL AND
PROSPEROUS WORLD.
HISTORY HAS THRUST ONE MORE
URGENT TASK ON US.
WILL WE BE THE GENERATION THAT
FINALLY REMOVES RACISM FROM OUR
NATIONAL CHARACTER?
I BELIEVE WE ARE UP TO IT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE READY.
JUST A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY, WAS
THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE
EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAW ON
TELEVISION.
REMEMBER SEEING THOSE NEO-NAZIS
AND KLANSMEN AND WHITE
SUPREMACISTS COMING OUT OF THE
FIELD WITH LIGHTED TORCHES
SPEWING THE SAME ANTI-SEMITIC
BIO HEART ACROSS EUROPE IN THE
1930'S.
REMEMBER THE VIOLENT CLASH THAT
ENSUED BETWEEN THOSE SPREADING
HATE AND THOSE WITH THE COURAGE
TO STAND AGAINST IT.
REMEMBER WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
WHEN ASKED.
HE SAID THERE WERE QUOTE, VERY
FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT WAS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR US
AS A COUNTRY.
FOR ME, A CALL TO ACTION.
AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW I WOULD
HAVE TO RUN.
MY FATHER TAUGHT US THAT SILENCE
WAS COMPLICITY.
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.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD THIS
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WAS WITH SOMEONE
WHO WAS MUCH TOO YOUNG TO VOTE.
I MET WITH SIX-YEAR-OLD GIANNA
FLOYD THE DAY BEFORE HER DADDY,
GEORGE FLOYD, WAS LAID TO REST.
SHE IS AN INCREDIBLY BRAVE
LITTLE GIRL.
WHEN I LEANED DOWN TO SPEAK TO
HER, SHE LOOKED INTO MY EYES AND
SAID, 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 IS PASSING THE
INSPIRATION.
HOWEVER IT HAS HAPPENED, AMERICA
IS READY IN JOHN'S WORDS TO LAY
DOWN THE HEAVY BURDEN OF HATE AT
LAST.
AND TO END THE HARD WORK OF
ROOTING OUT OUR SYSTEMIC RACISM.
AMERICAN HISTORY TELLS US THAT
IT HAS BEEN IN OUR DARKEST
MOMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE OUR
GREATEST PROGRESS THAT WE FOUND
THE LIGHT IN THIS DARK MOMENT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE POISED TO MAKE
GREAT PROGRESS AGAIN.
WE CAN FIND THE LIGHT ONCE MORE.
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD
ME SAY THIS, BUT I'VE ALWAYS
BELIEVED YOU CAN DEFINE AMERICA
IN ONE WORD, POSSIBILITIES.
THE DEFINING FEATURE OF AMERICA.
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
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 USE THE -- WE CAN
NEVER LOSE THAT.
IN TIMES IS CHALLENGING AS
THESE, I BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY
ONE WAY FORWARD.
A UNITED AMERICA.
UNITED IN OUR PURSUIT OF A MORE
PERFECT UNION.
UNITED IN OUR DREAMS 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 ARE A GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE.
FOR LORD SAY, THIS IS THE UNITED
SAKE -- FOR LORD'S SAKE, THIS IS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE IS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING WE
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
WHEN WE HAVE DONE IT TOGETHER.
THE IRISH POET SHAMUS HEANEY
ONCE WROTE, HISTORY SAYS DO NOT
HOPE ON THE SIDE OF THE GRAVE
BUT THEN ONCE IN A LIFETIME,
BELONG -- THE TIDAL WAVE OF THE
JUSTICE CAN HOPE AND HISTORY
RHYME.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO MAKE HOPE
IN HISTORY RHYME WITH PASSION
AND PURPOSE.
LET US BEGIN, YOU AND I
TOGETHER, ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
UNITED IN OUR LOVE WITH FOR
AMERICA -- LOVE FOR AMERICA.
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.
MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY, THAT
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 WILL 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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>> CAMERA BY LAUREN BIRKIN.
PLEASE PRAY WITH ME.
GOD, YOU HAVE BEEN A REFUGE FOR
US IN EVERY GENERATION.
AS WE CONCLUDE THOSE CONVENTION
FROM THE SAFETY OF OUR HOME, WE
PRAY FOR A NATIONAL HOME WHERE
SECURITY, DIGNITY AND PROSPERITY
ABOUND FOR ALL ITS INHABITANTS.
OH LORD, OUR GUARDIAN WHO
NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS,
AWAKEN US TO THE TIRELESS TASK
OF PERFECTING OUR HOME IN THIS
GREAT LAND BUILT ON FOUNDATIONS
OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND KEY
QUALITY.
TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS THAT
WE MAY RETAIN A HEART OF WISDOM.
STRENGTHEN US IN OUR SACRED DUTY
TO PROMOTE LEADERS WHO WILL
TRANSFORM CRISIS INTO HOPE,
CHALLENGE INTEL OPPORTUNITY,
CRUELTY INTO COMPASSIONATE --
CHALLENGE INTEL OPPORTUNITY,
CRUELTY INTO COMPASSION.
SO MAY BE -- SO MAY IT BE YOUR
WILL.
>> I'M FATHER JOHN MARTIN.
LET US PRAY.
LOVING GOD, HELP US OPEN OUR
HEARTS TO THOSE MOST IN NEED.
THE UNEMPLOYED PARENT WORRIED
ABOUT FEEDING HIS OR HER
CHILDREN.
THE WOMAN WHO IS UNDERPAID,
HARASSED OR ABUSED.
THE BLACK MAN OR WOMAN WHO FEARS
FOR THEIR LIVES.
THE IMMIGRANT AT THE BORDER
LONGING FOR SAFETY.
THE HOMELESS PERSON LOOKING FOR
A MALE.
THE LGBT TEEN WHO IS BULLIED.
THE INMATE ON DEATH ROW.
HELP US TO BE A NATION WHERE
EVERY LIFE IS SACRED, ALL PEOPLE
ARE LOVED, AND ALL ARE WELCOMED.
AMEN.
>> PEACE BE UNTO YOU WILL.
-- UNTO YOU ALL.
I AM THE IMAM OF THE
ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD LOCATED IN
NEW YORK CITY.
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, OF GOD, OF
MANKIND.
SEND US FORTH THIS NIGHT WE
PRAY, INSPIRED BY THE COURAGE TO
TRANSFORM OURSELVES AND OUR
SOCIETY.
GRANT US THE UNWAVERING RESOLVE
TO EXERCISE OUR DEMONS OF
GENERATIONAL RACISM AND VIOLENCE
FROM THE SOUL OF AMERICA ONCE
AND FOR ALL.
LET OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND
THEIR CHILDREN MIGHT BE SPARED
THE BURDEN OF OUR INIQUITIES.
FORGIVE US OUR SINS OF
INHUMANITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS, OH
LORD.
BLESS OUR YOUNG AND OUR ELDERS,
OUR TEACHERS AND THE COMMON
WORKING PEOPLE, OUR CRISIS
RESPONDERS AND OUR CARETAKERS.
GUIDE THE LEADERS OF THIS NATION
AND BLESS THEM WITH REVERENCE,
COURAGE, COMPETENCE, INTEGRITY,
EMPATHY, LOVE, AND COMPASSION.
HEAR OUR PRAYER, MOST MERCIFUL
GOD.
AMEN.
>> FOUR DAYS AGO, WE CAME.
TOGETHER TO BEGIN A HISTORIC
CONVENTION.
A CONVENTION ACROSS AMERICA.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE TRAVELED
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY HEARING FROM
REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE READY FOR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING
BETTER.
WE SAID THIS CONVENTION WAS FOR
EVERYONE AND WE REALLY MEANT IT.
IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF US TO SOLVE
THE BIG CHALLENGES WE ARE
FACING.
IF WE HAVE SEEN ANYTHING THESE
LAST FOUR DAYS, IT IS THAT
AMERICANS ARE UP TO THE TASK.
IF YOU CAME HERE UNCERTAIN, I
HOPE YOU ARE LEAVING RESOLVED.
IF YOU CAME HERE RESOLVED, I
HOPE YOU ARE LEAVING FIRED UP
AND READY TO ELECT JOE BIDEN AS
OUR PRESIDENT AND KAMALA AS OUR
VICE PRESIDENT -- AND KAMALA
HARRIS AS OUR VICE PRESIDENT.
GET OUT THE VOTE FOR
DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE.
THERE BEING NO BUSINESS, I
DECLARE THE 48TH DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE
ADJOURNED, BUT I PROMISE WE, THE
PEOPLE, ARE JUST GETTING
STARTED.
THANK YOU, MILWAUKEE.
THANK YOU, WISCONSIN.
THANK YOU, AMERICA.
IN GOOD NIGHT.
-- AND GOOD NIGHT.
>> WITH THAT, IT IS OFFICIAL.
JOE BIDEN IS THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR 2020.
HE ACCEPTED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF
WINNING 10, DELAWARE WHERE THE
FIREWORKS SHOW HAPPENED.
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICES AND
YOUR VIEWERS ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S
SPEECH AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT
THIS REMARK HE MADE.
THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
THIS MUST BE AN AMERICAN MOMENT.
