 
FLOYD. 
KILLING OF BREONNA TAYLOR IN 
HER OWN APARTMENT. 
VIOLENCE OF EXTREMISTS AND 
OPPORTUNISTS. 
RIGHT WING MILITIAS.
>> I APOLOGIZE. 
WE SEEM TO BE HAVING A 
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH THE 
VIDEO. 
WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND BE 
RIGHT BACK WHEN WE SHORT IT 
OUT. 
>> SETTING FIRES IS NOT 
PROTESTING. 
NONE OF THIS IS PROTESTING. 
IT'S LAWLESSNESS. 
PLAIN AND SIMPLE. 
AND THOSE WHO DO IT SHOULD BE 
PROSECUTED. 
VIOLENCE WILL NOT BRING CHANGE. 
IT'LL ONLY BRING DESTRUCTION. 
IT'S WRONG IN EVERY DAY. 
IT DIVIDES INSTEAD OF UNITES. 
DESTROYS BUSINESSES. 
ONLY HURTS THE WORKING FAMILIES 
THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
IT MAKES THINGS WORSE ACROSS 
THE BOARD, NOT BETTER. 
NO, WEST NOT WHAT DR. KING OR 
JOHN LEWIS TAUGHT AND IT MUST 
END. 
FIRES ARE BURNING AND WE HAVE A 
PESIDENT WHO FANS THE FLAMES 
RATHER THAN FIGHTING THE 
FLAMES. 
BUT WE MUST NOT BURN. 
WE HAVE TO BUILD. 
THIS PRESIDENT LONG AGO 
FORFEITED ANY MORAL LEADERSHIP 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
HE CAN'T STOP THE VIOLENCE 
BECAUSE FOR YEARS HE'S FOMENTED 
IT. 
HIS FAILURE TO CALL ON ITS OWN 
SUPPORTERS SHOWS HOW WEAK HE 
IS. 
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THERE'D BE 
LESS VIOLENCE IN AMERICA IF 
DONALD TRUMP IS REELECTED? 
WE NEED JUSTICE IN AMERICA. 
WE NEED SAFETY IN AMERICA. 
WE'RE FACING MULTIPLE CRISES. 
CRISES THAT UNDER DONALD TRUMP 
HAVE KEPT MULTIPLYING. 
COVID. 
ECONOMIC DEVASTATION. 
UNWARRANTED POLICE VIOLENCE. 
EMBOLDENED WHITE NATIONALISTS. 
A RECKONING ON RACE. 
DECLINING FAITH AND THE BIRTH 
OF THE RIGHT AMERICAN FUTURE. 
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T 
JUST DO SO MUCH MORE THAN WE'RE 
DOING. 
THE COMMON THREAD, INCUMBENT 
PRESIDENT WHO MAKES THINGS 
WORSE, NOT BETTER. 
AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHO SEWS 
CHAOS RATHER THAN PROVIDING 
ORDER. 
AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHO 
FAILS IN THE BASIC DUTY OF THE 
JOB WHICH IS TO ADVANCE THE 
TRUTH THAT ALL OF US KNOW THAT 
WE'RE ALL BORN WITH A RIGHT TO 
LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT 
OF HAPPINESS. 
THAT'S  RIGHT. 
ALL OF US. 
THE MOMS AND DADS IN SCRANTON 
WHERE I GREW UP WHO HAVE WORKED 
AND SCRAPED FOR EVERYTHING 
THEY'VE EVER GOTTEN IN LIFE. 
THE AUTO WORKER IN MICHIGAN WHO 
STILL MAKES THE BEST AUTOMOBILE 
IN THE WORLD. 
THE SINGLE MOM IN OHIO WORKING 
THREE JOBS JUST TO STAY AFLOAT 
WHO'LL DO ANYTHING FOR HER 
CHILD. 
RETIRED VETERAN IN FLORIDA WHO 
GAVE EVERYTHING HE HAD TO THIS 
COUNTRY AND NOW JUST WANTS US 
TO HONOR THE PROMISES MADE TO 
HIM. 
LORD AND TAYLOR SALESPERSON WHO 
JUST LOST THEIR JOB. 
A STORE CLOSING AFTER 194 YEARS 
IN BUSINESS. 
NURSES AND DOCTORS IN WISCONSIN 
WHO HAVE SEEN SO MUCH SICKNESS. 
SO MUCH DEATH IN THE PAST SIX 
MONTHS. 
THEY WONDER HOW MUCH MORE, HOW 
MUCH MORE CAN THEY TAKE BUT 
STILL THEY MUSTER UP THE 
COURAGE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE 
PATIENTS IN THIS PANDEMIC WHILE 
RISKING THEIR OWN LIVES. 
RESEARCHERS IN MINNESOTA WHO 
WOKE UP THIS MORNING DETERMINED 
TO FIND A BREAK THROUGH IN 
TREATING CANCER AND WILL DO THE 
SAME THING TOMORROW AND THE DAY 
AFTER AND THE DAY AFTER BECAUSE 
SHE'LL NEVER GIVE UP. 
WHITE, BLACK, LATINO, ASIAN 
AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICANS, 
EVERYBODY. 
I'M IN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR YOU. 
NO MATTER YOUR COLOR. 
NO MATTER YOUR ZIP CODE. 
NO MATTER YOUR POLITICS. 
WHEN I THINK OF THE PRESIDENCY 
I DON'T THINK ABOUT MYSELF. 
IT ISN'T ABOUT MY BRAND. 
IT'S ABOUT YOU THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
WE CAN DO BETTER. 
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. 
I PROMISE YOU THIS, WE WILL DO 
BETTER. 
YOU KNOW, ROAD BACK BEGINS NOW 
IN THIS CAMPAIGN. 
YOU KNOW ME. 
OWE KNOW MY HEART. 
YOU KNOW MY STORY. 
MY FAMILY'S STORY. 
ASK YOURSELF, DO I LOOK LIKE A 
RADICAL SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT 
SPOT FOR RIOTERS? 
REALLY? 
I WANT A SAFE AMERICA. 
SAFE FROM COVID. 
SAFE FROM CRIME AND LOOTING. 
SAFE FROM RACIALLY MOTIVATED 
VIOLENCE. 
SAFE FROM BAD COPS. 
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR. 
SAFE FROM FOUR MORE YEARS OF 
DONALD TRUMP. 
I LOOK AT THIS VIOLENCE AND I 
SEE LIVES AND COMMUNITIES AND 
THE DREAMS OF SMALL BUSINESSES 
BEING DESTROYED. 
AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL 
PROGRESS ON THE ISSUES OF RACE 
AND POLICE REFORM. 
AND JUSTICE BEING PUT TO THE 
TEST. 
DONALD TRUMP LOOKS AT THIS 
VIOLENCE AND HE SEES A 
POLITICAL LIFELINE. 
HAVING FAILED TO PROTECT THIS 
NATION FROM THE VIRUS THAT HAS 
KILLED MORE THAN 180,000 
AMERICANS SO FAR, TRUMP POSTS 
AN ALL CAPS TWEET SCREAMING LAW 
AND ORDER TO SAVE HIS CAMPAIGN. 
ONE OF HIS CLOSEST POLITICAL 
ADVISORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE 
DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO SPEAK IN 
CODE. 
JUST COMES OUT AND SHE SAYS IT. 
QUOTE, THE MORE CHAOS, 
VIOLENCE, THE BETTER IT IS FOR 
TRUMP'S REELECTION. 
THINK ABOUT THAT. 
THIS IS A SITTING PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING 
THIS COUNTRY. 
INSTEAD HE'S ROOTING FOR CHAOS 
AND VIOLENCE. 
THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS DONALD 
TRUMP FAILED TO PROTECT AMERICA 
SO NOW HE'S TRYING TO SCARE 
AMERICA. 
SINCE DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE 
PENCE CAN'T RUN ON THEIR RECORD 
THAT HAS SEEN MORE AMERICAN 
DEATHS TO A VIRUS, THIS VIRUS 
THAN THE NATION'S SUFFERED IN 
EVERY WAR SINCE KOREA COMBINED. 
SINCE THEY CAN'T RUN ON THEIR 
ECONOMY THAT HAS SEEN MORE 
PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS THAN ANY 
TIME SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION. 
SINCE THEY CAN'T RUN ON THE 
SIMPLE PROPOSITION OF SENDING 
OUR CHILDREN SAFELY BACK TO 
SCHOOL, SINCE THEY HAVE NO 
AGENDA OR VISION FOR A SECOND 
TERM, TRUMP AND PENCE ARE 
RUNNING ON THIS AND I FIND IT 
FASCINATING. 
QUOTE. 
YOU WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
AND WHAT'S THEIR PROOF? 
THE VIOLENCE WE'RE SEEING IN 
DONALD TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
THESE ARE NOT IMAGES OF SOME 
IMAGINED JOE BIDEN AMERICA OF 
THE FUTURE. 
THESE ARE IMAGES OF DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA TODAY. 
HE KEEPS TELLING YOU IF ONLY HE 
WAS PRESIDENT IT WOULDN'T 
HAPPEN. 
IF HE WAS PRESIDENT. 
IF HE WAS PRESIDENT YOU'D FEEL 
SAFE. 
WELL HE IS PRESIDENT WHETHER HE 
KNOWS IT OR NOT. 
IT IS HAPPENING. 
IT'S GETTING WORSE. 
AND YOU KNOW WHY. 
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP ADDS FUEL 
TO EVERY FIRE. 
BECAUSE HE REFUSES TO EVEN 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A 
RACIAL JUSTICE PROBLEM IN 
AMERICA. 
BECAUSE HE WON'T STAND UP TO 
ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE. 
HE'S GOT NO PROBLEM WITH WHITE 
RING MILITIA AND VIGILANTES 
WITH ASSAULT WEAPONS. 
OFTEN IN THE MID OF THE 
VIOLENCE AT THE PROTESTERS AND 
AIMING THERE. 
AND BECAUSE TENS OF MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS SIMPLY DON'T TRUST 
THIS PRESIDENT TO RESPECT THEIR 
RIGHTS TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS 
OR TO PROTECT THEM. 
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I WERE 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WE HAD TO 
DEFEND FEDERAL PROPERTY. 
WE DID IT. 
WE DIDN'T SEE IT. 
YOU DIDN'T SEE US WHIPPING UP 
FEARS AROUND THE DEPLOYMENT OF 
SECRET FEDERAL TROOPS. 
WE JUST DID OUR JOB. 
AND THE FEDERAL PROPERTY WAS 
PROTECTED. 
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I WERE 
IN OFFICE WE DIDN'T LOOK AT 
CITIES AS DEMOCRATIC OR 
REPUBLICAN RUN. 
THESE ARE AMERICAN CITIES. 
BUT TRUMP DOESN'T SEE HIMSELF 
AS PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF 
AMERICA. 
FRANKLY I BELIEVE IF IT I WERE 
PRESIDENT TODAY THE COUNTRY 
WOULD BE SAFER AND WE'D BE 
SEEING A LOT LESS VIOLENCE AND 
HERE'S WHY. 
I HAVE SAID WE MUST ADDRESS THE 
ISSUE OF RACIAL INJUSTICE. 
I HAVE PERSONALLY SPOKEN TO 
GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY AND TO 
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY. 
I KNOW THEIR PAIN. 
AND SO DO YOU. 
I KNOW THE JUSTICE THEY SEEK 
AND SO DO YOU. 
THEY'VE TOLD US NONE OF THIS 
VIOLENCE RESPECTS OR HONORS 
GEORGE OR JACOB. 
I BELIEVE WE CAN BRING THESE 
FOLKS FIGHTING FOR RACIAL 
JUSTICE TO THE TABLE. 
I'VE WORKED WITH POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS. 
I KNOW MOST COPS ARE GOOD, 
DECENT PEOPLE. 
I KNOW HOW THEY RISK THEIR 
LIVES EVERY TIME THEY PUT THAT 
SHIELD ON AND GO OUT THE DOOR. 
AND I'M CONFIDENT I CAN BRING 
THE POLICE TO THE TABLE AS 
WELL. 
I'D MAKE SURE EVERY MAYOR AND 
GOVERNOR HAD THE SUPPORT THEY 
NEEDED FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, BUT I WOULDN'T BE 
LOOKING TO USE THE UNITED 
STATES MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN 
PEOPLE. 
IF I WERE PRESIDENT MY LANGUAGE 
WOULD BE LESS DIVISIVE. 
I'D BE LOOKING TO LOWER THE 
TEMPERATURE IN THIS COUNTRY, 
NOT RAISE IT. 
I'D BE LOOKING TO UNITE THE 
NATION. 
BUT LOOK, IF DONALD TRUMP WANTS 
TO ASK THE QUESTION WHO'LL KEEP 
YOU SAFER AS PRESIDENT? 
LET'S ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
FIRST, SOME SIMPLE FACTS. 
WHEN I WAS VICE PRESIDENT 
VIOLENT CRIME FELL 15% IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
WE DID IT WITHOUT CHAOS AND 
DISORDER. 
AND YES, WE DID IT WITH 
DEMOCRATIC MAYORS IN MOST OF 
THE MAJOR CITIES IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
THE MURDER RATE NOW IS UP 26% 
ACROSS THE NATION THIS YEAR 
UNDER DONALD TRUMP. 
DO YOU REALLY FEEL SAFER UNDER 
DONALD TRUMP? 
COVID HAS TAKEN THIS YEAR JUST 
SINCE THE OUTBREAK HAS TAKEN 
MORE THAN 100 YEARS -- LOOK, 
HERE'S, THE LIVES, THINK ABOUT 
IT. 
MORE LIVES THIS YEAR THAN ANY 
OTHER YEAR FOR THE PAST 100 
YEARS. 
MORE THAN 180,000 LIVES IN JUST 
SIX MONTHS. 
AN AVERAGE OF 1000 PEOPLE DYING 
EVERY DAY IN THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST. 
DO YOU REALLY FEEL SAFER UNDER 
DONALD TRUMP? 
MR. TRUMP, YOU WANT TO TALK 
ABOUT FEAR? 
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE 
AFRAID OF IN AMERICA? 
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO 
GET COVID. 
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO 
GET SICK AND DIE. 
AND THAT IS IN NO SMALL PART 
BECAUSE OF YOU. 
WE'RE NOW ON TRACK TO MORE THAN 
200,000 DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY 
DUE TO COVID. 
MORE THAN 100,000 SENIORS HAVE 
LOST THEIR LIVES TO THE VIRUS. 
MORE COPS HAVE DIED FROM COVID 
THIS YEAR THAN HAVE BEEN KILLED 
ON PATROL. 
NEARLY ONE IN SIX SMALL 
BUSINESSES HAS CLOSED IN THIS 
COUNTRY TODAY. 
DO YOU REALLY FEEL SAFER UNDER 
TRUMP? 
WHAT ABOUT TRUMP'S PLAN TO 
DESTROY THE AFFORDABLE CARE 
ACT? 
AND WITH IT THE PROTECTIONS FOR 
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. 
THAT IMPACTS MORE THAN 100 
MILLION AMERICANS. 
DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SAFER? 
OR HOW ABOUT TRUMP'S PLAN TO 
DEFUND SOCIAL SECURITY? 
SOCIAL SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION'S CHIEF ACTUARY 
JUST RELEASED A REPORT SAYING 
IF A PLAN LIKE THE ONE TRUMP IS 
PROPOSING GOES INTO EFFECT THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND 
WOULD BE AND I QUOTE, 
PERMANENTLY DEPLETED BY THE 
MIDDLE OF CALENDAR YEAR 2023 
WITH NO ABILITY TO PAY BENEFITS 
THEREAFTER. 
PUT IT PLAINLY, TRUMP'S PLAN 
WOULD WIPE OUT SOCIAL SECURITY, 
PERIOD. 
YOU FEEL SAFER AND MORE SECURE 
NOW? 
THE FEAR THAT REIGNS UNDER THIS 
PRESIDENT DOESN'T STOP AT OUR 
SHORES. 
THE KREMLIN HAS PUT BOUND 
BOUNTIES ON THE HEADS OF 
AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND INSTEAD 
OF TELLING VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT 
THAT'LL BE NO PUTTING UP WITH 
THIS. 
THAT THERE'LL BE A HEAVY PRICE 
TO PAY, THEY DARE TOUCH AN 
AMERICAN SOLDIER, THIS 
PRESIDENT DOESN'T EVEN BRING UP 
THE SUBJECT IN HIS MULTIPLE 
PHONE CALLS WITH PUTIN. 
REPORTED THAT THE RUSSIAN 
FORCES JUST ATTACKED TROOPS IN 
SYRIA, INJURING OUR SERVICE 
MEMBERS. 
DID YOU HEAR THE PRESIDENT SAY 
A SINGLE WORD? 
DID HE LIFT ONE FINGER? 
NEVER BEFORE HAS AN AMERICAN 
PRESIDENT PLAYED SUCH A 
SUBSERVIENT ROLE TO A RUSSIAN 
LEADER. 
NOT ONLY DANGEROUS, IT'S 
HUMILIATING AND EMBARRASSING 
FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO 
SEE. 
IT WEAKENS US. 
NOT EVEN AMERICAN TROOPS CAN 
FEEL SAFER UNDER TRUMP. 
DONALD TRUMP'S ROLE AS A 
BYSTANDER IN HIS OWN PRESIDENCY 
EXTENDS TO THE ECONOMIC PLAN 
AND PAIN. 
THE PLAN HE DOESN'T HAVE AND 
THE PAIN BEING FELT BY MILLIONS 
OF AMERICANS. 
HE SAID THIS WEEK AND I QUOTE, 
YOU BETTER VOTE FOR ME OR 
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 
GREATEST DEPRESSION YOU'VE EVER 
SEEN. 
DOES HE NOT UNDERSTAND AND SEE 
THAT TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE HAD TO FILE FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT THIS YEAR SO FAR? 
THE PEOPLE WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO 
MAKE NEXT MONTH'S RENT PAYMENT. 
THE PEOPLE WHO LOST WAGES WHILE 
THE COST OF GROCERIES HAS GONE 
UP DRAMATICALLY. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I STOPPED A 
DEPRESSION IN 2009. 
WE TOOK A BAD ECONOMY THAT WAS 
FALLING AND TURNED IT AROUND. 
TRUMP TOOK A GOOD ECONOMY AND 
DROVE IT BACK INTO THE DITCH. 
THROUGH HIS FAILURE TO GET 
COVID UNDER CONTROL, HIS 
FAILURE TO PULL TOGETHER THE 
LEADERS IN CONGRESS, HIS 
FAILURE TO DELIVER REAL RELIEF 
TO WORKING PEOPLE. 
WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND 
SECURITY, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT 
BASIC SECURITY OF BEING ABLE TO 
LOOK YOUR CHILD IN THE EYE AND 
TELL THEM EVERYTHING'S GOING TO 
BE OKAY. 
DON'T WORRY, HONEY. 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE OUR 
HOME. 
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON 
>> WITH A CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY 
THAT HAS A PLACE FOR THE ENERGY 
WORKERS RIGHT HERE IN WESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
I'M NOT BANNING FRACKING. 
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN:  I'M NOT 
BANNING FRACKING. 
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES DONALD 
TRUMP LIES ABOUT ME, THIS 
FUTURE, THE FUTURE, THAT'S WHAT 
HIS IS ALL ABOUT. 
WE HEAR DONALD TRUMP'S SELF-
CENTERED RANTS AND RIFTS, BUT 
THE VOICE OF AMERICANS SHOULD 
BE HEARD. 
THE ONE YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO IS 
JULIA JACKSON, THE MOTHER OF 
JACOB BLAKE. 
HERS IS A VOICE OF COURAGE, 
CHARACTER AND WISDOM. 
LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE IN HER 
CITY, SHE SAID, QUOTE, THE 
VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION 
DOESN'T REFLECT MY SON OR MY 
FAMILY. 
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF A MOM, A 
MOTHER WHOSE SON HAD JUST BEEN 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN FRONT OF 
HIS CHILDREN, BADLY INJURED, 
PARALYZED, PERHAPS PERMANENTLY. 
YET EVEN AS SHE SEEKS JUSTICE 
FOR HER SON, SHE'S PLEADING FOR 
AN END TO THE VIOLENCE AND FOR 
THIS FASHION TO HEAL. 
SHE SAID SHE WAS PRAYING FOR 
HER SON, THEN SAID SOMETHING TO 
ME THAT SURPRISED ME. 
SHE SAID SHE WAS PRAYING FOR 
ALL POLICE OFFICERS, AND HAD 
ALREADY BEEN PRAYING FOR 
MESSENGER EVEN BEFORE HER SON 
WAS SHOT. 
SHE ASKED US ALL TO EXAMINE OUR 
HEARTS, CITIZENS, POLICE, 
OFFICIALS, ALL OF US. 
THEN SHE SAID, QUOTE, WE NEED 
HEALING. 
MORE THAN ANYTHING, THAT'S WHAT 
WE NEED TO DO AS A NATION. 
WE NEED TO HEAL. 
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT WANTS YOU 
TO LIVE IN FEAR AND ADVERTISES 
HIMSELF AS A FIGURE OF ORDER. 
HE ISN'T. 
HE'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. 
THE PROBLEM I AS PRESIDENT WILL 
GIVE YOU MY ALL RESOLVE TO 
SOLVE. 
I'LL DEAL WITH THE VIRUS. 
I'LL DEAL WITH THE ECONOMIC 
CRISIS. 
AND I'LL WORK TO BRING EQUALITY 
AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO 
EVERYONE. 
WE HAVE ARRIVED AT A MOMENT IN 
THIS CAMPAIGN WE ALL KNEW WE'D 
GET TO, THE MOMENT WHEN DONALD 
TRUMP WOULD BE SO DESPERATE, 
HE'D DO ANYTHING TO HOLD ONTO 
POWER. 
DONALD TRUMP HAS A TOXIC 
PRESENCE FOR FOUR YEARS, 
POISONING HOW WE TALK TO AND 
TREAT ONE ANOTHER, POISONING 
THE VALUES THIS NATION HAS 
ALWAYS HELD DEAR, POISONING OUR 
VERY DEMOCRACY. 
NOW WITH JUST A LITTLE OVER 60 
úDAYS, WE HAVE A DECISION TO 
MAKE. 
WILL WE RID OURSELVES OF THIS 
TOXIN OR WILL WE MAKE A 
PERMANENT PART -- MAKE IT A 
PERMANENT PART OF OUR NATION'S 
CHARACTER? 
AS AMERICAN, I'M CONFIDENT WE 
BELIEVE IN HONESTY AND DECENCY, 
GIVING EVERYONE A FAIR SHOT, 
LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND, GIVING 
HATE NO SAFE HARBOR AND 
DEMONIZING NO ONE. 
UP TO NOW WE RECOGNIZED THERE'S 
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES 
WE ARE ABOUT. 
TRUMP DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN ANY 
OF THAT. 
LOOK, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND 
I'LL KEEP SAYING IT:  AMERICA 
IS AN IDEA. 
IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL IDEA IN 
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 
IT BEATS IN THE HEARTS OF THE 
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED 
EQUAL, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE 
TREATED EQUALLY. 
TRUMP HAS SOUGHT TO REMAKE THIS 
IMNATION H HIS IMAGE:  SELFISH, 
ANGRY, DARK. 
THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE. 
AT HER BEST, AMERICA HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN, AND IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO 
DO WITH IT, WILL BE AGAIN, A 
GENEROUS, CONFIDENT NATION FULL 
OF HOPE AND RESOLVE. 
DONALD TRUMP IS DETERMINED TO 
INSTILL FEAR IN AMERICA. 
THAT'S WHAT HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN 
FOR THE PRESIDENCY HAS COME 
DOWN TO, FEAR. 
I BELIEVE AMERICANS ARE 
STRONGER THAN THAT. 
I BELIEVE WE'LL BE GUIDED BY 
WORDS DRAWN FROM THE 
SCRIPTURES:  BE NOT AFRAID. 
BE NOT AFRAID. 
FEAR NEVER BUILDS THE FUTURE, 
BUT HOPE DOES. 
AND BUILDING THE FUTURE IS WHAT 
AMERICA DOES, WHAT WE HAVE 
ALWAYS DONE. 
IN FACT, IT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE 
BEST AND CONTINUE TO DO BEST. 
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING 
BEYOND OUR CAPACITY WHEN WE 
DECIDE TO DO IT TOGETHER. 
SO LET'S GET TOGETHER. 
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. 
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD 
PROTECT OUR TROOPS. 
>> AND WE HAVE JUST BEEN 
LISTENING TO DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN DELIVERING 
A SPEECH ON SAFETY AND SECURITY 
IN THE U.S. FROM PITTSBURGH 
THERE. 
HE PLACED THE BLAME FOR THE 
VIOLENCE AND UNREST SQUARELY ON 
THE PRESIDENT'S SHOULDERS, 
SAYING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
DEVISIVE AND TOXIC RHETORIC IS 
TO BLAME. 
HE CALLED THE PRESIDENT A TOXIN 
TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
FOR MORE ON THIS, LET'S BRING 
IN CBS NEWS POLITICAL 
CORRESPONDENT ED O'KEEFE. 
ED, IT SEEMS LIKE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS BEEN CONTROLLING THE 
AIR WAVES IN RECENT DAYS WITH 
HIS LAW AND ORDER STANCE. 
WAS THIS SPEECH CHOREOGRAPHED 
IN ORDER TO RESET THE NARRATIVE 
IN BIDEN'S FAVOR? 
>> WELL, THAT'S AN ASTUTE 
OBSERVATION. 
LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY:  AS OF 
FRIDAY, THERE WERE NO PLANS FOR 
THIS SPEECH. 
AS OF TODAY, THERE WERE. 
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN NOW AND 
THEN? 
OBVIOUSLY THE SCENES IN 
PORTLAND CONTINUED TO TOPPLE, 
AND OTHER SCENES LIKE THURSDAY 
INTO FRIDAY HERE IN WASHINGTON, 
WHEN SENATOR RAND PAUL WAS 
LEAVING THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS ON THE 
SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 
AND YES, THE PRESIDENT STEPPED 
UP HIS RHETORIC REGARDING LAW 
AND ORDER CONCERNS OR SAFETY IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
AND QUICKLY OTHER THE WEEKEND, 
YOU COULD SEE WHERE THINGS ARE 
HEADED OVER THE NEXT 64 DAYS, 
AT LEAST AS OF MONDAY, THE 
PRESIDENT CLAIMING IF YOU ELECT 
JOE BIDEN, THE COUNTRY WILL BE 
MORE DANGEROUS. 
JOE BIDEN IS SAYING, HOLD ON, 
THIS IS HAPPENING UNDER YOUR 
WATCH, AND YOU ALSO DON'T KNOW 
HOW TO SORT OUT THE PANDEMIC OR 
DEAL WITH THE ECONOMIC 
DOWNTOWN. 
BUT BIDEN GOING INTO THE 
PRESIDENT'S CLAIMS THERE, 
SAYING, DO I LOOK LIKE A 
SOCIALIST WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR 
RIOTERS? 
IT ASKS THE VOTERS TO THINK 
ABOUT THAT. 
YOU KNOW MY HISTORY, MY RECORD. 
I'M NOT THAT KIND OF DEMOCRAT. 
THIS HAS MORE POTENTIAL TO 
INFURIATE THOSE ON THE LEFT OF 
THE PARTY THAN THOSE IN THE 
MIDDLE PERHAPS. 
BUT IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN, HE'D RATHER WIN THE 
PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING IN 
PITTSBURGH THAN INTERESTED IN 
WINNING OVER MODERATES AND 
REPUBLICANS LOOKING FOR A 
REASON NOT TO VOTE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> AND WHY DID BIDEN DELIVER A 
SPEECH LIKE THIS ONE IN 
PITTSBURGH OF ALL PLACES? 
WHAT MIGHT THIS TELL US ABOUT 
THE MINDSET OF THE CANDIDATE? 
>> Reporter: THAT'S A GOOD 
QUESTION. 
WE THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN A 
QUESTION BIDEN MAY TRY TO GET 
TO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE 
PRESIDENT TOMORROW. 
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF WE GOES 
THERE IN THE NEXT EIGHT OR TEN 
DAYS OR SO. 
BUT HE DECIDED TO GO TO HIS 
FAVORITE SWING STATE, NEAR 
DELAWARE, AND THERE'S SYMBOLISM 
THERE. 
IT'S WHERE HIS CAMPAIGN 
LAUNCHED LAST YEAR AND WHERE HE 
MARCHED IN A HUGE LABOR UNION 
PARADE HELD IN PITTSBURGH EVERY 
YEAR. 
THE PARADE ISN'T BEING HELD 
THIS YEAR, SO THIS IS PROBABLY 
HIS EXCUSE TO GET BACK TO 
PITTSBURGH, WHERE HE USUALLY 
FINDS HIMSELF AROUND LABOR DAY. 
THAT'S A PART OF IT. 
IF HE HAS ANY SHOT AT WINNING 
PENNSYLVANIA, HE'S GOT TO DO 
BETTER THAN HILLARY CLINTON DID 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
IT'S A PART OF THE STATE HE 
KNOWS WELL, AND PART OF THE 
STATE THAT KNOWS HIM WELL. 
IT'S ESSENTIALLY SAFE A 
TERRITORY. 
ARE THERE PLANS FOR HIM TO GET 
ON A PLANE AND GO WEST OF THE 
APPALACHIAN TRAIL? 
YES, HE'S SAID HIMSELF, 
MINNESOTA, ARIZONA, WISCONSIN, 
MICHIGAN, THEY ARE ALL ON THE 
AGENDA. 
WE SHOULD EXPECT TRIPS THERE IN 
THE FUTURE. 
HE'S BACK TO DELAWARE TONIGHT 
AND THAT'S LIKELY THE PATTERN 
WE'LL SEE, A DAY TRIP AND COME 
BACK AND GET AS MUCH AS HE CAN 
IN THAT STATE. 
PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN HIS GO-TO 
OVER THE COURSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
TODAY HE WENT A LITTLE FARTHER 
TO PITTSBURGH. 
>> AND LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, 
IF HISTORY IS ANY INDICATION, 
AUGUST CAN BE ANNULET I DON'T 
SEE MONTH. 
CAN WE EXPECT THIS AND WHO DOES 
IT FAVOR, BIDEN OR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP? 
WE HAVE SEEN THE RIGHT WING 
MILITIAS ADDING TO THE TENSION 
AND WE HAVE SEEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SORT OF TURN A BLIND EYE 
TO THEM. 
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS 
THE PRESIDENT PLAYING A 
DANGEROUS GAME BY CALLING 
HIMSELF THE LAW AND ORDER 
PRESIDENT? 
>> Reporter: WE'LL SEE. 
THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE IT TO 
BE. 
HIS TEAM WAS QUITE HAPPY TODAY 
TO SEE JOE BIDEN'S TEAM MAKE 
THIS SCRAMBLE AND MAKE THIS 
QUICK TRIP. 
THEY ARGUE HE'S OUT OF THE 
BASEMENT. 
HE'S BEEN AT THE CONVENTION, 
NOT JUST IN THE BASEMENT. 
HE SAID HE HAD PLANS TO TRAVEL 
AGAIN AFTER LABOR DAY. 
IF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS THEIR 
WAY, LAW AND ORDER WILL BE THE 
ISSUE. 
IT'S PARTLY DESIGNED TO CHANGE 
FROM THE COVID SITUATION AND 
STRUGGLING ECONOMY, AND PUT THE 
PRESIDENT IN A BETTER POSITION 
ON AN ISSUE WHERE HE BELIEVES 
HE'S DONE BETTER. 
I THINK AS YOU SAW BIDEN DO 
THIS, HE RAISED QUESTIONS, 
SUGGESTING THE MURDER RATE HAS 
GONE UP, AND THAT MORE POLICE 
OFFICERS -- AND THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO FACT 
CHECK, SO I DON'T WANT TO BE 
100% ON THIS -- THROWING IT 
BACK AT THE PRESIDENT, SAYING, 
I'LL HAVE A DEBATE ON LAW AND 
ORDER BECAUSE THIS IS ALL 
HAPPENING UNDER YOUR WATCH. 
IT'S ONLY MONDAY. 
LET'S SEE IF THEY WILL ACT ON 
THIS OR CHANGE THE SUBJECT 
AGAIN. 
>> AND ONCE FALL HITS, THERE 
COULD BE OTHER ISSUES 
DOMINATING HEADLINES. 
ED O'KEEFE, THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR JOINING US. 
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
>> Reporter: GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
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