>>> MY NAME IS RUTH FLYNN.
DO YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG?
WE WERE EXPECTED TO STAND UP.
AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> THIS YEAR'S CHOICE COULD NOT 
BE MORE CLEAR.
A STEADY, EXPERIENCED PUBLIC 
SERVANT WHO CAN LEAD US OUT OF 
THIS CRISIS JUST LIKE HE'S DONE 
BEFORE.
AMERICA, WE NEED JOE BIDEN. 
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM
OR WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM 
TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A PLACE IN JOE
BIDEN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> ALL OF US. 
>> THE MASK PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT 
WORKING TO ESTABLISH 21st 
CENTURY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC RIGHTS.
>> WE ALL HAVE A PROFOUND REASON
TO ACT DEMANDING MORE OF OUR 
REPRESENTATIVES AND DEMOCRACY. 
>> I NOMINATE MY FRIEND JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> JOE BIDEN. 
>> JOE BIDEN. 
>> WE WILL STAY UNITED AND WITH 
OUR UNITY WE WILL BRING BOLD AND
DRAMATIC CHANGE TO OUR COUNTRY. 
>> NOW WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL 
NOMINEE. 
>> HE DOES IT FOR YOU.
>> JOE'S PURPOSE HAS ALWAYS 
DRIVEN HIM FORWARD.
WE HAVE SHOWN THAT THE HEART OF 
THIS NATION STILL BEATS WITH 
KINDNESS AND COURAGE.
THAT'S THE SOUL OF AMERICA JOE 
BIDEN IS FIGHTING FOR NOW.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
ALWAYS RISEN TO OUR COUNTRY'S 
GREATEST CHALLENGES. 
>> I PLEDGE MYSELF TO A NEW DEAL
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
>> WE'VE MOVED THIS COUNTRY 
FORWARD IN A RELENTLESS PUSH FOR
PROGRESS.
PROGRESS FOR AMERICANS OF ALL 
WALKS OF LIFE, NOT JUST THE 
PRIVILEGED FEW. 
>> WE STAND AT THIS FRONTIER AT 
A TURNING POINT OF HISTORY. 
>> WE DO NOT WANT OUR FREEDOM 
GRADUALLY BUT WE WANT TO BE FREE
NOW. 
>> WE'VE BROUGHT TOGETHER VOICES
FROM EVERY PART OF AMERICA. 
>> WE ARE A PEOPLE IN A QUANDARY
ABOUT THE PRESENT.
WE ARE A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF OUR
FUTURE.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FULFILL OUR
NATIONAL PURPOSE, TO CREATE AND 
SUSTAIN A SOCIETY IN WHICH ALL 
OF US ARE EQUAL.
>> AND WE'VE MADE HISTORY ALONG 
THE WAY. 
>> THERE IS NOT A LIBERAL 
AMERICA AND A CONSERVATIVE 
AMERICA, THERE IS THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> WE MUST PLEDGE ONCE MORE TO 
MARCH INTO THE FUTURE.
>> WE ARE A DIFFERENT SOCIETY 
THAN WE WERE IN 1961.
>> BROTHERS AND SISTERS, DO YOU 
WANT TO GO BACK?
>> NO!
>> OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP 
AMERICA MOVING FORWARD?
>> YES!
>> WELL, OUR MOTTO IS WHEN THEY 
GO LOW, WE GO HIGH. 
>> WE NEVER BOW.
WE NEVER BEND.
WE NEVER BREAK.
NO, WE ENDURE AND WE ALWAYS, 
ALWAYS, ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD.
>> THIS ELECTION WE'VE ENGAGED 
AN HISTORIC NUMBER OF AMERICANS 
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND 
NOW WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THE ODDS
ONCE AGAIN TO BUILD BACK BETTER 
THAN BEFORE. 
>> WE LEAD NOT ONLY BY THE 
EXAMPLE OF OUR POWER BUT BY THE 
POWER OF OUR EXAMPLE.
WE ARE AMERICA, SECOND TO NONE, 
AND WE OWN THE FINISH LINE.
DON'T FORGET IT.
>> WE ARE DEMOCRATS, AND WE'RE 
READY TO LEAD AGAIN.
WE'RE COMING TOGETHER ON AUGUST 
17th ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
BE THERE.
>>> GOOD EKVENING AND WELCOME T 
THE THIRD NIGHT OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
LAST NIGHT WE NOMINATED OUR 
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
WE ALSO REAFFIRMED OUR VALUES AS
A PARTY, THE PARTY OF RESILIENCE
AND HOPE, EMPATHY, AND 
INCLUSION.
THIS IS THE PARTY THAT FIRED ME 
UP AS A YOUNG MAN IN THE '60s 
REGISTERING VOTERS WITH THE 
STUDENT NONVIOLENT ORDER NATING 
COMMITTEE IN THE MISSISSIPPI 
DELTA AND CAMPAIGNING FOR THE 
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.
IT'S THE PARTY THAT TAUGHT ME 
THAT PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD 
SERVE THE PUBLIC, EVEN WHEN YOUR
OPPONENTS CALL YOU NAMES LIKE 
NASTY, OR SLOW, AND TODAY IT'S 
THE PARTY THAT CALLS US TO STAND
UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND TO GET 
IN GOOD TROUBLE.
SO ON BEHALF OF THIS GREAT 
PARTY, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO 
WELCOME ONCE AGAIN DELEGATES, 
ALTERNATES, STANDING COMMITTEE 
MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FELLOW 
AMERICANS, MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA 
AND GUESTS FROM AROUND THE 
WORLD.
I NOW CALL THIS THIRD SESSION OF
THE 48th QUADRIENNIEL NATIONAL 
CONVENTION PARTY TO ORDER.
NOW LET'S GET THIS SHOW STARTED.
>> AND NOW LIVE FROM WISCONSIN, 
PLEASE WELCOME GOVERNOR TONY 
EVERS.
>> GOOD EVENING, FOLKS.
I'M TONY EVERS, AND I'M 
INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE THE 46th 
GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF 
WISCONSIN.
WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 
TO HAVING YOU HERE IN AMERICA'S 
DAIRY LAND.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PANDEMIC 
MEANS WE CAN'T DO THAT THIS 
YEAR, BUT WHAT UNITES US IS FAR,
FAR GREATER THAN WHAT DIVIDES 
US.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T BE WITH 
EACH OTHER, I KNOW WE HAVE A 
SHARED SENSE OF PURPOSE, THAT 
IS, TO ELECT JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS.
THIS NOVEMBER IS ABOUT RETURNING
KINDNESS, RESPECT, EMPATHY AND 
CIVILITY BACK TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE, AND THAT'S WHO JOE AND 
KAMALA ARE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW 
ESPECIALLY DURING CHALLENGING 
TIMES LIKE THESE, THE PROBLEMS 
WE FACE CAN ONLY BE SOLVED BY 
ALL OF US TOGETHER.
HOLY MACKEREL, FOLKS, LET'S GET 
TO WORK.
♪ RISE UP ♪ 
>>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TERRY 
WILLIAMS AND I'VE BEEN A 
REPUBLICAN FOR ALL MY LIFE. 
>> LIFELONG REPUBLICAN. 
>> LIFELONG REPUBLICAN. 
>> LONG STANDING REPUBLICAN AND 
I'M TELLING YA, YOU'VE GOT TO 
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> I HAVE VOTED FOR AND 
CAMPAIGNED FOR REPUBLICANS SINCE
THE RAGAN YEARS, BUT I WON'T BE 
VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP THIS 
NOVEMBER. 
>> I'M SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
>> WE NEED A POSITIVE LEADER.
SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK WITH BOTH 
SIDES, REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN DEAL 
WITH THE TYPE OF PERSON WE HAVE 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, ANY LONGER. 
>> VOTE, AMERICA.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT 
OF THIS.
AND JOE BIDEN IS JUST THE PERSON
TO ENSURE WE GET OUR LIVES BACK 
TO NORMAL. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS A DECENT MAN 
WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE TO AMERICA. 
>> HE WILL RESTORE ORDER AND 
INTEGRITY TO THE EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH. 
>> I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE 
ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER AND
I'M SURE, I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE 
HE'S GOING TO HELP US BRING THIS
COUNTRY TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
♪
>>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 
FLAG.
>> OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
>> AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS.
>> ONE NATION.
>> ONE NATION.
>> ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
>> INDIVISIBLE.
>> WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR 
ALL.
>> HEY, EVERYBODY.
IT'S ME, KAMALA.
SO BEFORE I GO ONSTAGE LATER 
TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU PLAN TO VOTE 
THIS YEAR.
BUT AMIDST THE EXCITEMENT AND 
ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS ELECTION, 
YOU'VE ALSO HEARD ABOUT 
OBSTACLES AND MISINFORMATION AND
FOLKS MAKING IT HARDER FOR YOU 
TO CAST YOUR BALLOT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO ASK 
OURSELVES, WHY DON'T THEY WANT 
US TO VOTE?
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EFFORT TO 
SILENCE OUR VOICES?
AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WHEN 
WE VOTE, THINGS CHANGE.
WHEN WE VOTE, THINGS GET BETTER.
WHEN WE VOTE, WE ADDRESS THE 
NEED FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE 
TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT
IN OUR COUNTRY.
SO EACH OF US NEEDS A PLAN, A 
VOTING PLAN.
JOE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE 
YOU'RE PREPARED.
IF YOU TEXT "VOTE" TO 30330, 
WE'LL HELP YOU COME UP WITH YOUR
PLAN AND REMEMBER DEADLINES AND 
GET READY TO VOTE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY.
SO SEND THAT TEXT AND ENCOURAGE 
YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SEND 
ONE TOO.
NOW LET'S ENJOY ANOTHER NIGHT OF
INSPIRATION FROM AROUND OUR 
COUNTRY.
I'LL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER 
TONIGHT.
AND UNTIL THEN, I TURN IT OVER 
TO MY DEAR FRIEND AND TONIGHT'S 
MODERATOR, KERRY WASHINGTON.
>> WELCOME TO NIGHT THREE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
I'M HONORED TO JOIN YOU AS WE 
CELEBRATE THIS UNCONVENTIONAL 
CONVENTION.
WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM SENATOR 
HARRIS, I PROMISE.
BUT FIRST, WHEN I WAS IN SEVENTH
AND EIGHTH GRADE, WE MEMORIZED 
THE PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN IT.
THE FIRST 15 WORDS ARE, "WE THE 
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN 
ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT 
UNION."
WE SAY "MORE PERFECT" BECAUSE 
OUR UNION IS NOT WITHOUT FLAWS.
WHEN OUR CONSTITUTION WAS 
WRITTEN, WOMEN COULDN'T VOTE.
BLACK PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERED 
THREE FIFTHS OF A HUMAN BEING.
BUT THEREIN LIES THE WORK.
NO ONE IS PERFECT.
NOTHING IS.
BUT IT IS THE STRIVING TOWARD 
JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND TRUTH 
THAT DISTINGUISHES US.
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 IS 
REAL.
TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR 
FROM SO MANY PHENOMENAL WOMEN 
WHO ARE WORKING TO HELP US BUILD
THAT MORE PERFECT UNION.
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, SECRETARY 
HILLARY CLINTON, SENATOR 
ELIZABETH WARREN, GOVERNOR 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCE FROM JENNIFER HUDSON
AND A WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE
FROM BILLIE EILISH.
WE'LL MEET SO MANY OF THE 
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS WORKING
TO BUILD A MORE EQUAL, MORE JUST
FUTURE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR
44th PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA.
THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING THIS
IS GOING TO BE AN UNFORGETTABLE 
NIGHT FILLED WITH IMPORTANT 
VOICES.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICE WE 
HOPE TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT IS THE
ONE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM MOST.
IT'S YOURS.
BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO 
REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN 
DONE, IF WE ARE GOING TO FINALLY
REALIZE THE DREAM, WE THE PEOPLE
HAVE TO GET INVOLVED, EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF US IS THE "WE."
YOU ARE THE "WE."
IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR VOICE, 
YOUR SERVICE, YOUR ACTION THAT 
HELPS US CREATE THAT MORE 
PERFECT UNION.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK 
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE 
WE'RE GOING, ON SO MANY ISSUES 
IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE.
90% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT COMMON 
SENSE GUN LAWS BECAUSE WE NEED 
TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS THE 
EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE.
LET'S START THERE.
♪
>> PEOPLE AFFECTED BY EVERYDAY 
GUN VIOLENCE HAVE TO WALK BY THE
STREET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WHERE 
THEIR BEST FRIEND, THEIR MOTHER,
THEIR NEPHEW, OR THEY THEMSELVES
WERE SHOT AND LIFE GOES ON AND 
ON AS IF WE HAVEN'T JUST WATCHED
A LOVED ONE DIE AND GET PUT IN 
THE GRAVE.
UNTIL ONE OF US OR ALL OF US 
STAND UP AND SAY, I CAN'T SIT BY
AND WATCH THE NEWS TREAT THESE 
SHOOTINGS LIKE ACTS OF GOD, GUN 
VIOLENCE ISN'T JUST GOING TO 
STOP UNTIL THERE'S A FORCE 
FIGHTING HARDER AGAINST IT.
AND I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO
PREVENT IT.
>> THEY SAY THAT TOUGHER GUN 
LAWS DO NOT DECREASE GUN 
VIOLENCE.
WE CALL BS.
THEY SAY A GOOD ♪GUY WITH A GUN 
STOPS A BAD GUY WITH A GUN.
WE CALL BS.
THEY SAY GUNS ARE JUST TOOLS 
LIKE KNIVES.
WE CALL BS.
THEY SAY THAT NO LAWS COULD HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT THE 
HUNDREDS OF SENSELESS TRAGEDIES 
THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
WE CALL BS.
THAT US KIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE'RE 
TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE 
GOVERNMENT WORKS.
WE CALL BS.
>> WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR WILL 
HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING 
SO STRONGLY FOR IT.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> LONG BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC, 
OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN SUFFERING 
FROM THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN 
VIOLENCE.
>> GUN VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS, ONE THAT 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS THE 
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
FIRST IT WAS MY BELOVED FIANCE.
>> MY SON JERRY AT THE PULSE 
SHOOTING IN ORLANDO.
>> SEVEN YEARS LATER IT WOULD BE
MY SON.
>> I KNOW EXACTLY THE PAIN, THE 
TOLL, THE HEARTBREAK OF GUN 
VIOLENCE.
>> MY FRESHMAN YEAR, MY HIGH 
SCHOOL WENT INTO LOCKDOWN 
BECAUSE A KID BROUGHT A GUN TO 
SCHOOL.
>> WE'VE HAD TO ENDURE LIVE 
SHOOTER TRAINING AT OUR SCHOOLS.
>> KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE AT 
SCHOOL IS THE JOB OF THE 
GOVERNMENT.
>> WE HAVE TO INVEST IN MENTAL 
HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES RATHER
THAN MAKING OUR SCHOOLS MAXIMUM 
SECURITY PRISONS.
>> I WANT A PRESIDENT WHO WILL 
MAKE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION A 
TOP PRIORITY AND I BELIEVE JOE 
BIDEN IS THAT PERSON.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> AND NOW, MOTHER AND ACTIVIST 
DIONDRA DIGUS.
>> IN A STRAY MOMENT, A BULLET 
SHATTERED MY FAMILY'S LIFE.
MY SON WAS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A GIFTED 
AND TALENTED STUDENT.
HIS POSSIBILITIES WERE ENDLESS.
HE WAS DANCING AT A BIRTHDAY 
PARTY WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE 
BACK LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD, 
SHATTERING HIS SKULL.
ONE SHOT CHANGED OUR LIVES 
FOREVER.
TODAY HE DOES NOT TALK.
HE DOES NOT WALK.
I KNOW HE KNOWS ME BY THE SMILE 
HE SHOWS WHEN I WALK IN HIS 
ROOM.
BUT I'M UNSURE IF HE KNOWS A 
GUNSHOT HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE.
SINCE MARCH, I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE
TO SEE MY SON THREE TIMES.
BUT I CAN'T TOUCH OR HUG HIM DUE
TO COVID-19.
PEOPLE TELL ME THAT I'M LUCKY.
I TELL THEM WE ARE BLESSED.
I REMIND THEM THAT MY SON IS IN 
A WHEELCHAIR AND UNABLE TO FEED 
HIMSELF.
I DON'T THINK DIONDRA WHEN HE 
FEELS LUCKY WHEN HE HAS TO GET 
BATHED FROM HEAD TO TOE OR GET 
INJECTED FOR MUSCLE 
CONTRIBUTIONS.
YES, I CAN TOUCH HIM, I CAN HOLD
HIS HAND.
BUT THE CHILD I BIRTHED IS NOT 
ABLE TO LIVE HIS DREAMS.
AND THAT HURTS.
EVERY DAY WE'RE REMINDED THAT HE
MAY NEVER BE THE SAME.
WE ARE NOT ALONE.
IN EVERY TOWN ACROSS AMERICA, 
THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO KNOW WHAT
A BULLET CAN DO.
THAT'S WHY I'M A MOM WHO 
VOLUNTEERS TO STOP THIS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
HE DOESN'T CARE.
HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE VICTIMS
AFTER PARKLAND, LAS VEGAS, OR EL
PASO.
I WANT A PRESIDENT WHO CARES 
ABOUT OUR PAIN AND GRIEF.
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL TAKE ON THE
GUN LOBBY TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS
AND CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES TO KEEP 
GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF 
CRIMINALS.
JOE BIDEN HAS TAKEN ON THE NRA 
TWICE, AND WON.
AND HE WILL DO IT AGAIN AS 
PRESIDENT.
>> I'VE LOOKED IN THE EYES OF 
TOO MANY PARENTS, AND I MEAN 
LITERALLY SCORES OF THEM, WHO 
HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO GUN 
VIOLENCE.
I'VE LOOKED IN THE EYES OF BRAVE
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE SCHOOL 
SHOOTINGS.
AND I MADE EACH OF THEM A 
PROMISE.
I MADE MYSELF A PROMISE.
I PROMISED THEM, AND I PROMISE 
ALL OF YOU, I WILL MAKE THIS 
PROMISE TODAY.
THOSE FAMILIES HURTING ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, I WILL NEVER, 
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP THIS
FIGHT.
>> OUT OF PAIN WE CHOOSE TO FIND
MEANING.
A GLIMMER OF LIGHT THAT LANDS ON
A PROMISE.
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY 
GIFFORD, SHOT IN THE HEAD FROM 
LESS THAN THREE FEET AWAY.
BUT SHE SURVIVED.
WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, WE SEEK 
COMFORT IN KNOWING WE ARE NOT 
ALONE.
>> JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT.
>> WE SEEK STRENGTH TO KEEP 
FIGHTING, TO KEEP MOVING 
FORWARD.
WE TURN TO LEADERS WHO SHARE OUR
PAIN.
>> THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IS 
WHEN WE STAND CLOSEST TOGETHER.
IT'S OUT OF TRAGEDY THAT WE GROW
STRONGER.
>> HE WAS THERE FOR ME.
HE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU TOO.
>> WE ARE A NATION READY TO END 
GUN VIOLENCE.
A SAFER AMERICA IS POSSIBLE.
BUT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WE 
MUST CHOOSE COURAGE.
>> I'VE KNOWN THE DARKEST OF 
DAYS.
DAYS OF PAIN AND ENDLESS 
RECOVERY.
BUT CONFRONTED BY DESPAIR, I'VE 
SUMMONED HOPE.
CONFRONTED BY PARALYSIS AND 
APHASIA, I RESPONDED WITH GRIT 
AND DETERMINATION.
I PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE 
OTHER.
I FOUND ONE WORD AND THEN I 
FOUND ANOTHER.
MY RECOVERY IS A DAILY FIGHT.
BUT FIGHTING MAKES ME STRONGER.
WORDS ONCE CAME EASILY.
TODAY I STRUGGLE TO SPEAK.
BUT I HAVE NOT LOST MY VOICE.
AMERICA NEEDS ALL OF US TO SPEAK
OUT, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT
TO FIND THE WORDS.
WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS.
WE CAN LET THE SHOOTING CONTINUE
OR WE CAN ACT.
WE CAN PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, OUR
FUTURE.
WE CAN VOTE.
WE CAN BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF 
HISTORY.
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN.
HE WAS THERE FOR ME.
HE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU TOO.
JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT.
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 
FROM MANY CHANGE MAKERS WHO ARE 
USING THEIR POWERS FOR GOOD, WHO
ARE WORKING TO CONFRONT THE 
OTHER EPIDEMICS WE'RE FACING.
COVID-19, STRUCTURAL RACISM, 
POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK 
BODIES.
VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE 
TRANS COMMUNITY.
TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES WE WILL
NEED SYSTEMATIC SOLUTIONS.
WE NEED LEADERS WHO CAN SEE US, 
HEAR US, REPRESENT US, ALL OF 
US.
TO JOE BIDEN, NOTHING IS MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN TAKING THE TIME 
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE 
SEEN, HEARD, AND BELIEVED IN.
>> I WAS INTERNING IN D.C., AND 
I REMEMBER I CALLED MY 
GRANDMOTHER, AND I SAID, JOE 
BIDEN'S WALKING BY.
AND SHE GOES, OH, MY GOD, OH, MY
GOD, PUT HIM ON.
I SEE HIS STAFFER GOING, NO, NO,
DON'T TAKE THE CALL, WHAT ARE 
YOU DOING?
AND HE POINTS TO HIS STAFFER AND
HE GOES, GO THAT WAY, AND I SENT
HIS STAFFER AWAY.
>> HOW COULD I NOT BE IENDEARED 
TO HIM INSTANTLY?
HE TALKED TO ME FOR THE NEXT 
HALF HOUR.
>> I SEE DANA BASH FROM CNN AND 
SHE SAYS WE'LL BE ON IN FIVE.
AND HE SENDS HER AWAY.
>> ALL I KNOW IS, IT WAS ALL 
ABOUT ME, NOT ABOUT HIM.
>> AND THEN HE COMES BACK AND HE
GOES, IT WAS LOVELY TALKING TO 
YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
THEN HE STARTS THE INTERVIEW 
WITH DANA BASH.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> I MUST INTERJECT ONE THING.
AT THE VERY END OF HIS CHAT WITH
ME, HE SAID, COULD YOU DO ME A 
FAVOR?
I SAID, SURE, WHAT IS IT?
HE SAID, TELL ME HOW I CAN GET 
YOUR GRANDSON'S HAIR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HE WAS GOOD HUMORED, HE WAS 
SENSITIVE.
HERE IT IS ALL THESE YEARS LATER
AND IT'S VIVID IN MY MIND.
>> AS MUCH AS I FEEL LIKE I GOT 
TO KNOW HIM IN THAT MOMENT, IT 
FEELS LIKE HE KNOWS US.
I KNOW JOE BECAUSE HE LISTENS.
HE CARES ABOUT EVERYONE'S STORY.
>> HE'LL CARE MORE ABOUT YOU 
THAN HE'LL CARE ABOUT HIMSELF.
>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
OKAY.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER 
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN 
ON JOE BIDEN'S MIND FOR DECADES.
IN 1986, WHILE WORKING AS A 
SENATOR, JOE BIDEN INTRODUCED 
ONE OF THE FIRST CLIMATE BILLS 
IN CONGRESS, AND HE'S CONTINUED 
TO LISTEN TO AND WORK WITH 
CLIMATE ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS,
PUTTING FORWARD A PLAN TO 
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
CREATE A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> THERE ARE BATTLES THAT WE 
NEED TO FIGHT AND WE NEED TO WIN
TO SECURE OUR FUTURE IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
BUT THERE'S ONE ISSUE THAT IS AN
EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO ALL OF US 
AND THAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS HERE.
AND WE MUST ACT.
>> IT IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE
OF OUR TIME AND IT DESERVES TO 
BE TREATED AS SUCH.
>> WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY TIME TO
WAIT.
>> OUR GENERATION WILL BEAR THE 
BURDEN OF PAST MISTAKES BUT WE 
STAND TO BENEFIT MOST FROM 
CHANGING COURSE NOW.
>> WE KNOW THAT IN A COUPLE OF 
YEARS IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
>> WE NEED TO CHANGE THE 
PARADIGM AND THAT HAPPENS HERE 
WITH US.
>> WE SHOULD INVEST MASSIVELY IN
WIND, SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, GREEN 
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> MOVING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS
AND BEING HIGHLY COMPETITIVE IN 
RENEWABLES.
>> SO THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR 
CHILDREN A PLANET THAT CAN 
SUSTAIN THEM.
>> WE NEED IT NOW.
>> THE MOMENT DEMANDS IT.
WE CAN AFFORD NOTHING ELSE.
♪ RIDE UP ♪
>> GOOD EVENING, AMERICA.
I'M MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, 
GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF 
NEW MEXICO.
I'M PROUD OF MY HOME STATE EVERY
SINGLE DAY, ESPECIALLY HOW WE 
HAVE PUNCHED ABOVE OUR WEIGHT IN
OUR SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19.
I'M PROUD OF IN NEW MEXICANS WH 
HAVE STEPPED UP THIS PAST HALF 
YEAR.
I'M PROUD OF HOW WE EMBRACE OUR 
MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY AS OUR 
GREATEST STRENGTH.
I'M PROUD THAT NEW MEXICO HAS 
SHOWN WHAT CLIMATE LEADERSHIP 
LOOKS LIKE, WHILE THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN 
ELIMINATING ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION, WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING
THEM.
WHILE THEY'VE BEEN ROLLING BACK 
REGULATIONS ON OIL AND GAS WE'VE
TAKEN ON MRUPOLLUTERS AND HELD M
ACCOUNTABLE.
WE'VE COMMITTED TO A RENEWABLE 
ENERGY FUTURE WITH EXCITING AND 
FULFILLING CAREERS FOR WORKERS 
ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE 
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN THE 
HEART OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
WE'RE LAYING A ROADMAP HERE FOR 
WHAT AMERICA CAN AND SHOULD LOOK
LIKE IN THE 21st CENTURY, AN 
AMERICA WHERE WE LEAD AGAIN, 
WHERE WE BUILD SAFER, CLEANER 
AND MORE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES 
AND CITIES, WHERE WE PROVIDE 
MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
WORKERS AND FAMILIES TO THRIVE 
AND BUILD BETTER LIVES.
AS PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN WILL 
REJOIN THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE
AGREEMENT AND THE UNITED STATES 
WILL ONCE AGAIN LEAD ON THIS 
CRITICAL ISSUE.
AT HOME, HE'LL INVEST IN ENERGY 
WORKERS AND HE WILL DELIVER FOR 
WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS THE 
U.S., HELPING THEM BUILD 
MEANINGFUL CAREERS WHILE 
ACCELERATING OUR NATION AND 
WORLD INTO A CLEAN, GREEN 21st 
CENTURY AND WELL BEYOND.
WE KNOW TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO 
SAVE OUR PLANET.
WE HAVE THE CHANCE THIS NOVEMBER
TO END TWO EXISTENTIAL CRISES.
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND THE 
ENVIRONMENTAL ANNIHILATION HE 
REPRESENTS.
WE HAVE THE CHANCE THIS NOVEMBER
TO ATTACK THE CLIMATE CRISIS, 
INVEST IN GREEN 21st CENTURY 
JOBS, AND EMBRACE THE CLEAN 
ENERGY REVOLUTION OUR COUNTRY, 
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, ARE CRYING OUT
FOR, AND THE LEADERSHIP THE REST
OF THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR.
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.
THE CHOICE IS JOE BIDEN.
THANK YOU, AMERICA.
>> HARD WORK.
RISING TO A CHALLENGE.
THE AMERICAN WAY.
GOING TO THE MOON WAS ALL THREE.
MANY ASTRONAUTS RETURNED HOME 
AND REPORTED A SHIFT IN THEIR 
AWARENESS.
THE VIEW THEY SAW OF EARTH FROM 
SPACE WAS PROFOUND.
THE WORLD LOOKED BEAUTIFUL, 
TINY, FRAGILE.
OUR ATMOSPHERE IS ALL THAT 
SEPARATES US FROM OBLIVION WE 
NOW CALL WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED 
THE OVERVIEW EFFECT.
>> HERE IN DETROIT, OUR 
COMMUNITIES FOR SUCH A LONG TIME
HAVE FACED THE BURDEN OF 
POLLUTION.
I THINK ADDRESSING CLIMATE 
CHANGE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO CORRECT SOME OF THOSE WRONGS 
AND TO ALSO INVEST IN OUR 
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
>> MAYBE YOU'VE READ SOME OF THE
MILLIONS OF PAGES OF SCIENTIFIC 
EVIDENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
OR MAYBE YOU FELT IT AS YOU 
WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> OH, MY GOD, THE TRUCK IS 
SINKING.
>> FOR MOST PEOPLE IT'S 
OVERWHOVE
OVERWHELMING.
>> ALL OF THIS WITH THE GLOBAL 
WARMING.
IT'S A HOAX.
IT'S A HOAX.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
STARTED TO REMOVE ANY MENTION 
THAT HUMANS WERE THE CAUSE OF 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> I WROTE MY RESIGNATION LETTER
SIX MONTHS INTO THE 
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY WERE HANDING THE KEYS OF 
PUBLIC LANDS OVER TO PRIVATE 
INTERESTS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS 
GONE ALL OUT NOT JUST TO NEGLECT
CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND LAWS 
BUT TO REVERSE THEM.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT A DECADE BEFORE
IT'S TOO LATE.
>> I'M A KID AND I'M GOING TO 
SAY TO ALL THOSE ADULTS WHO ARE 
WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, WHY 
DON'T YOU GET UP AND DO 
SOMETHING?
>> SOME OF THE FIRST CLIMATE 
CHANGE LEGISLATION EVER WRITTEN 
WAS BY A SENATOR FROM DELAWARE.
>> WHEN DONALD TRUMP THINKS 
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THE ONLY 
WORD HE CAN MUSTER IS "HOAX."
>> AMERICA FACES A CHALLENGE.
BUT IF WE FACE IT TOGETHER, WE 
WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION AND 
BUILD BACK BETTER.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT CLIMATE 
CHANGE, THE WORD I THINK OF IS 
"JOBS."
>> THAT'S JOE'S PLAN.
CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW 
GOOD-PAYING JOBS, MANY OF THEM 
UNION, LIKE MINE.
INVEST IN CRITICAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE.
UPGRADE MILLIONS OF BUILDINGS.
INVEST IN MICROMOBILITY AND 
PRECISION AGRICULTURAE.
A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE THAT 
EXCEEDS EMISSIONS BY 2050 
BECAUSE WE CAN'T START THE 
FUTURE WITHOUT INVEST IN THE 
TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE.
>> 40% OF THE INVESTMENT WILL GO
TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING PART OF
JOE'S PLAN.
>> WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
BUT THIS TIME BIGGER AND FASTER 
AND SMARTER.
>> JOE WON'T IGNORE THE CRISIS.
WE'RE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
WE DO THAT.
HE WON'T SURRENDER TO THE FIGHT.
JOE'S AMERICA WILL LEAD THE 
WORLD ON CLEAN ENERGY.
WILL LEAD ON JOB CREATION.
AN AMERICA WILL LEAD THE WORLD 
AGAIN ON CLIMATE.
>> I WAS 13 WHEN THE CAMP FIRE, 
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE IN
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY, BROKE OUT.
WE WERE VISITING FAMILY NEARLY A
HUNDRED MILES AWAY BUT MY ASTHMA
FLARED BADLY.
I COULD HARDLY BREATHE.
I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING YOUNG 
PEOPLE AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE 
SINCE 2018.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING US 
NOW, AND IT'S ROBBING MY 
GENERATION OF A FUTURE.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MY AGE, EVERY 
ASPECT OF OUR LIVES, FROM WHERE 
WE GO TO SCHOOL TO WHAT KIND OF 
CAREERS WE'LL HAVE, TO WHETHER 
OR NOT WE CAN RAISE A FAMILY, 
DEPENDS ON US TAKING CLIMATE 
CHANGE SERIOUSLY RIGHT NOW.
JOE BIDEN WON'T SOLVE THIS 
CRISIS IN FOUR YEARS.
NO ONE CAN.
BUT HE WILL PUT US BACK ON TRACK
SO THAT MY GENERATION CAN HAVE A
FIGHTING CHANCE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO JOIN US.
DON'T LET OUR FUTURES GO UP IN 
FLAMES.
>> THE CORN GROWERS NEAR MY 
PARENTS' FARM, KNEE HIGH BY THE 
FOURTH OF JULY.
THESE DAYS THEY'RE LUCKY IF THE 
CORN IS EVEN PLANTED BECAUSE OF 
UNPREDICTABLE SPRING REMAINS.
I STUDIED MICROBIAL ECOLOGY.
US FARMERS CAN SEE THE EFFECTS 
OF CLIMATE CHANGE RIGHT IN FRONT
OF US.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR 
PART.
WE'RE ADOPTING SUSTAINABLE 
SOLUTIONS ON MY FAMILY'S FARM, 
SWITCHING TO A COMMUNITY MODEL, 
USING LESS LAND AND REUSING OUR 
RESOURCES TO GROW OUR FOOD.
WE ARE ELIMINATING TONS OF 
CARBON POLLUTION EVERY YEAR BY 
MIMICKING NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS.
FARMERS CAN BE PART OF THE 
CLIMATE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF THE 
PROBLEM.
TODAY WE CAN GROW OUR OWN 
FUTURE.
BUT WE NEED OUR LEADERS TO BE 
PART OF THE SOLUTION AS WELL 
INSTEAD OF PARTED PROBLEM.
WE NEED THEM TO COMMIT TO THE 
SCIENCE, NOT IGNORE THEM.
THAT'S WHAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING 
WITH HIS CLEAN ENERGY 
REVOLUTION.
INSTEAD OF BEING HELEFT BEHIND,E
COULD LEAD THE WORLD AGAIN.
>> I SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING
TO CLIMATE CHANGE WITH 
COMMUNITIES IN NEVADA.
THE ONE QUESTION I GET ASKED 
OVER AND OVER IS, WHAT ARE YOU 
DOING HERE?
NOT A LOT OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS 
LOOK LIKE ME.
I'M A CLIMATE ACTIVIST.
I GREW UP IN A LOW INCOME 
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE POLLUTION 
RATES ARE OFTEN HIGHER THAN 
WEALTHIER AREAS AND A LOT OF 
KIDS HAVE ASTHMA.
SWITCHING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WOULD MEAN CLEANER AIR, BETTER 
HEALTH AND A STEADIER INCOME FOR
FOLKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE
BECAUSE SOLAR PV INSTALLERS ARE 
SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING JOBS
IN THE COUNTRY.
AND JOE BIDEN'S PLAN IS 
TRANS
TRANSFORMATIVE.
HE KNOWS SAVING THE PLANET IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER WAY OF 
LIFE.
>> SO WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE, 
AMERICA?
>> ARE YOU READY TO VOTE FOR JOE
BIDEN?
>> ARE YOU READY TO SOLVE THE 
CLIMATE CRISIS?
>> BECAUSE OUR FUTURES DEPEND ON
IT.
>> LIKE THE FOLKS WE JUST HEARD 
FROM, NEXT UP IS ANOTHER 
ACTIVIST AND ENVIRONMENTALIST, 
NOT TO MENTION AN IMMENSELY 
TALENTED ARTIST.
SHE WORKED TO ENSURE THAT HER 
MOST RECENT CONCERT TOUR WAS 
GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE, URGING 
HER FANS TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTIONS
IN THEIR DAILY LIFETIVES AND EV 
BEFORE SHE HERSELF WAS OLD 
ENOUGH TO VOTE, SHE HELD 
REGISTRATION DRIVES BEFORE HER 
SHOWS, SIGNING UP THOUSANDS OF 
VOTERS.
SHE'S A VOICE FOR HER GENERATION
IN BOTH HER MUSIC AND HER 
ACTIVISM.
HERE TO PERFORM "MY FUTURE" 
PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, 
BILLIE EILISH.
>> YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU
AMERICA IS A MESS.
WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL SOLVE 
CLIMATE CHANGE AND COVID AND NOT
DENY THEM.
THAT STARTS BY VOTING FOR 
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH
IS AT STAKE, SOMEONE WHO IS 
BUILDING A TEAM THAT SHARES OUR 
VALUES.
IT STARTS WITH VOTING AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP AND FOR JOE BIDEN.
SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION AND WE 
CANNOT SIT THIS ONE OUT.
WE ALL HAVE TO VOTE LIKE OUR 
LIVES AND THE WORLD DEPEND ON IT
BECAUSE THEY DO.
THE ONLY WAY TO BE CERTAIN OF 
THE FUTURE IS TO MAKE IT 
OURSELVES.
PLEASE REGISTER.
PLEASE VOTE.
♪ I CAN'T SEEM TO FOCUS AND YOU 
DON'T SEEM TO NOTICE I'M NOT 
HERE ♪
♪ I'M JUST A MIRROR ♪
♪ YOU CHECK YOUR COMPLEXION TO 
FIND YOUR REFLECTION'S ALL 
ALONE ♪
♪ I HAD TO GO ♪
♪ CAN'T YOU HEAR ME?
I'M NOT COMIN' HOME ♪
♪ DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
I'VE CHANGED MY PLANS ♪
♪ CAUSE I, I'M IN LOVE WITH MY 
FUTURE ♪
♪ CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HER, AND I,
I'M IN LOVE ♪
♪ BUT NOT WITH ANYBODY ELSE, 
JUST WANNA GET TO KNOW MYSELF ♪
♪ I SNOW SUPPOSEDLY I'M LONELY 
NOW, KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BE 
UNHAPPY WITHOUT SOMEONE ♪
♪ BUT AREN'T I SOMEONE?
I'D LIKE TO BE YOUR ANSWER ♪
♪ CAUSE YOU'RE SO HANDSOME ♪
♪ BUT I KNOW BETTER THAN TO 
DRIVE YOU HOME CAUSE YOU'D 
INVITE ME IN AND I'D BE YOURS 
AGAIN ♪
♪ BUT I, I'M IN LOVE WITH MY 
FUTURE ♪
♪ AND YOU DON'T KNOW HER ♪
♪ AND I, I'M IN LOVE BUT NOT 
WITH ANYBODY HERE ♪
♪ I'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE YE
S
YEARS ♪
>> BILLIE EILISH, THANK YOU.
OKAY.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 
SOMETHING CLOSE TO MY HAREART.
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THIS 
COUNTRY IS HUGELY DIVERSE.
ON MY FATHER'S SIDE I AM 
DESCENDED FROM AFRICAN-AMERICANS
WHO CAME FROM SLAVE SHIPS THAT 
LANDED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND WHO
WERE PART OF THE GREAT MIGRATION
NORTH THAT HAS PLAYED SUCH A 
DEFINE ROLE IN WHO WE ARE AS A 
NATION.
ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE, MY 
GRANDPARENTS CAME HERE AS 
IMMIGRANTS, PART OF A RICH 
HISTORY THAT HAS ALSO DEFINED 
AMERICA.
THEY EMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY 
FROM THE WEST INDIES IN THE 
1920s.
I OFTEN THINK ABOUT HOW MY 
GRANDMOTHER MUST HAVE FELT WHEN 
SHE FIRST SAW THE STATUE OF 
LIBERTY AND HER RAISED TORCH.
MY FAMILY'S STORY IS NOT UNIQUE.
UNLESS YOU'RE NATIVE AMERICAN, 
YOUR FAMILY LIKELY CAME HERE 
FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHETHER IT 
WAS 500 YEARS AGO OR 200 YEARS 
AGO, WHETHER IT WAS BY CHOICE OR
BY BONDAGE, ETCHED INTO THE DNA 
OF WHO WE ARE AS A NATION IS THE
VERY IDEA THAT THOUGH YOU MAY BE
FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU CAN 
FIND YOUR HOME HERE.
BUT THAT IDEA IS IN DANGER.
NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.
>> TELL ME WHEN I START READING.
DEAR DONALD TRUMP.
MY NAME IS ESTELLA.
I AM 11 YEARS OLD.
MY MOM IS MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE CAME TO AMERICA AS A 
TEENAGER OVER 20 YEARS AGO 
WITHOUT PAPERS, IN SEARCH OF A 
BETTER LIFE.
SHE MARRIED MY DAD WHO SERVED 
OUR COUNTRY AS A MARINE IN SOUTH
AMERICA, AFRICA, AND IRAQ.
MY MOM WORKED HARD AND PAID 
TAXES AND THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION TOLD HER SHE 
COULD STAY.
MY DAD THOUGHT YOU WOULD PROTECT
MILITARY FAMILIES.
SO HE VOTED FOR YOU IN 2016, MR.
PRESIDENT.
HE SAYS HE WON'T VOTE FOR YOU 
AGAIN AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO OUR 
FAMILY.
>> THE WIFE OF A U.S. MARINE 
VETERAN WAS DEPORTED TO MEXICO.
>> INSTEAD OF PROTECTING US, YOU
TORE OUR WORLD APART.
>> MY MOM IS A GOOD PERSON, 
SHE'S NOT A CRIMINAL.
[ CRYING ]
NOW MY MOM IS GONE AND SHE'S 
BEEN TAKEN FROM US FOR NO REASON
AT ALL.
EVERY DAY THAT PASSES, YOU 
DEPORT MORE MOMS AND DADS AND 
TAKE THEM AWAY FROM KIDS LIKE 
ME.
>> WE WILL BEGIN MOVING THEM 
OUT, DAY ONE.
>> YOU SEPARATED THOUSANDS OF 
CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND 
YOU'VE PUT THEM IN CAGES.
>> BYE-BYE!
>> SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE NOW 
ORPHANS BECAUSE OF YOU.
>> THESE AREN'T PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT THEM IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
THEY'RE ANIMALS!
>> MR. PRESIDENT, MY MOM IS THE 
WIFE OF A PROUD AMERICAN MARINE 
AND A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN.
WE ARE AMERICAN FAMILIES.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL 
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, NOT TEAR 
THEM APART.
SINCERELY, ESTELLA.
>> I'M LUCY SANCHEZ AND THIS IS 
MY MOTHER SYLVIA AND SISTER 
JESSICA.
WE'RE LIKE ALL FAMILIES.
WE WORK HARD TO BUILD A GOOD 
LIFE.
>> I WAS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA.
THAT MEANS MY SPINAL CORD DIDN'T
FORM AS IT SHOULD.
AND THE DOCTORS IN MY TOWN SAID 
I WOULDN'T SURVIVE.
THEY GAVE MY MOTHER NO HOPE FOR 
MY FUTURE.
>> I'M A U.S. CITIZEN BUT MY 
MOTHER IS UNDOCUMENTED.
>> AND I AM A DREAMER.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> MY MOTHER DID WHAT ANY MOTHER
WOULD DO TO SAVE HER BABY'S 
LIFE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
SHE TOOK MY SISTER IN HER ARMS 
AND TRAVELED FOR DAYS TO REPEAT 
BORDER.
AND WHEN THEY GOT TO THE RIVER, 
SHE LOOKED AT MY SISTER ABOVE 
THE WATER AND CROSSED.
>> WE CAME TO AMERICA BEFORE I 
WAS 1 YEAR OLD.
SHE SAVED MY LIFE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> MY MOTHER HAD NO CHOICE.
THERE WAS NO TIME TO WAIT TO 
SAVE MY SISTER.
SHE CAME HERE LOOKING FOR A 
MIRACLE.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
WE WERE AFRAID THEY WOULD FIND 
US AND DETAIN US BUT SHE HAD TO 
SAVE HER DAUGHTER.
>> OUR HOME IS HERE.
NORTH CAROLINA IS ALL I KNOW.
I QUALIFIED FOR DACA BUT DONALD 
TRUMP TOOK AWAY MY ABILITY TO 
APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> WE WORK HARD.
WE CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE PAY OUR TAXES.
I'VE GONE TO SCHOOL AND BUILT A 
GOOD LIFE FOR ME AND MY TWO 
DAUGHTERS.
>> I WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
I WANT TO HELP MY COMMUNITY.
BUT EVER SINCE DONALD TRUMP WAS 
ELECTED, ALL OUR FEARS HAVE 
RETURNED.
>> WE DON'T EVENKNOW IF MY FAMI 
WILL BE SEPARATED.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT I.D. 
SO I CAN'T GET HEALTH INSURANCE 
THROUGH THE EXCHANGE.
I NEED HEALTH INSURANCE.
I DESERVE IT, RIGHT?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> IT BREAKS OUR HEART TO SEE 
CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM FAMILIES
AT THE BORDER.
THAT'S WRONG.
THOSE CHILDREN NEED THEIR 
PARENTS.
ON NOVEMBER 3, I'M GOING TO VOTE
FOR MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, AND MY
DAUGHTERS.
I'LL VOTE FOR A FUTURE WHERE ALL
OF OUR LIVES HAVE DIGNITY AND 
RESPECT.
>> WE NEED A LEADER WHO WILL IF 
I CAN THE BROKEN IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM AND COMMIT TO KEEPING 
FAMILIES TOGETHER.
>> I'M VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS, THE DAUGHTER OF 
IMMIGRANTS.
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> THERE'S SOMETHING UNIQUE 
ABOUT AMERICA.
WE DON'T SIMPLY WELCOME NEW 
IMMIGRANTS.
WE ARE BORN OF IMMIGRANTS.
THAT IS WHO WE ARE.
IMMIGRATION IS OUR ORIGIN STORY.
AFTER ALL, UNLESS YOUR FAMILY 
WITH NATIVE AMERICAN, ALL OF OUR
FAMILIES COME FROM SOMEPLACE 
ELSE.
THESE NEW AMERICANS, WE SEE OUR 
OWN AMERICAN STORIES.
LIFE IN AMERICA WAS NOT ALWAYS 
EASY.
THERE WAS DISCRIMINATION AND 
HARDSHIP AND POVERTY.
BUT LIKE YOU, THEY NO DOUBT 
FOUND INSPIRATION IN ALL THOSE 
WHO HAD COME BEFORE THEM.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MUSTER 
FAITH THAT HERE IN AMERICA, THEY
MIGHT BUILD A BETTER LIFE.
AND GIVE THEIR CHILDREN 
SOMETHING MORE.
TENSION THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY 
BETWEEN WELCOMING OR REJECTING 
THE STRANGER IS ABOUT MORE THAN 
JUST IMMIGRATION.
IT'S ABOUT THE MEANING OF 
AMERICA.
WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT 
TO BE?
IMMIGRANTS ARE THE TEACHERS WHO 
INSPIRE OUR CHILDREN.
THEY'RE THE DOCTORS WHO KEEP US 
HEALTHY.
THEY'RE THE ENGINEERS WHO DESIGN
OUR SKY LINES AND THE ARTISTS 
AND THE ENTERTAINS WHO TOUCH OUR
HEARTS.
IMMIGRANTS ARE SOLDIERS, 
SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES, COAST 
GUARDS, WHO PROTECT US.
WE CAN NEVER SAY IT OFTEN OR 
LOUDLY ENOUGH.
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 
REVITALIZE AND RENEW AMERICA.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE FOR 
GRANTED.
IT'S SOMETHING TO CHERISH AND TO
FIGHT FOR.
GOD BLESS YOU.
MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA.
♪ YEAH, OOH, WHEN THE NIGHT HAS 
COME ♪
♪ AND THE LAND IS DARK ♪
[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
♪ STAND BY ME ♪
DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY ME, 
OH, STAND BY ME ♪
♪ OH, STAND ♪
[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
♪ AND DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY
ME ♪
♪ OH, STAND BY ME ♪
♪ OH, STAND, DARLING, STAND BY 
ME, STAND BY ME ♪
♪
♪ AND DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY
ME ♪
♪ OH, STAND BY ME ♪
♪ OH, STAND, DARLING ♪
♪ AND DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY
ME ♪
♪ OH, BABY, STAND BY ME, OH, 
STAND, DARLING ♪
[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
♪ WHENEVER YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, 
WON'T YOU STAND BY ME, BABY, 
WON'T YOU STAND BY ME ♪
♪ OH, STAND, DARLING ♪
>> STAND BY EACH OTHER.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN 
NOVEMBER.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
[ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ]
LET'S GO!
>> THAT WAS PRINCE ROYCE, 
AMAZING THSHOUTOUT TO THE BOOGI 
DOWN BRONX.
UP NEXT, THE AMAZING ROLE THAT 
WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN MOVING US 
TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION AND 
BREAKING THROUGH THE NOTORIOUS 
GLASS CEILING.
AFTER THAT WE'LL HEAR FROM 
HILLARY CLINTON, THE WOMAN WHO 
PUT MORE THAN 65 MILLION CRACKS 
IN IT.
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE!
>> SHE WAS CALLED AN INSTIGATOR,
A RULE BREAKER, A RABBLE ROUSER.
AND SHE IS CALLED THE AGITATOR, 
THE PUSHY ONE, THE ONE WITH 
ATTITUDE.
>> NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL OF US
TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH.
♪ RISE UP, RISE UP ♪
>> FROM THE BALLOT BOX TO THE 
FACTORY FLOOR.
FROM HER LIVING ROOM TO THE E.R.
SHE MAKES TROUBLE.
THE GOOD KIND.
SHE IS THE MOTHER WHO CRIES OUT 
FOR SENSIBLE GUN LAWS.
THE DAUGHTER WHO BELIEVES THAT 
EQUAL JUSTICE MEANS JUSTICE FOR 
ALL.
>> WE ARE AMERICA!
>> THE CHILD WHO KNOWS THAT 
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
>> SHE IS OUR WARRIOR ON THE 
FRONT LINES.
CHALLENGING AUTHORITY TO MAKE 
THE WORLD SAFE.
>> NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW.
>> REFUSING TO BE TOLD WHO MAKES
DECISIONS ABOUT HER BODY OR 
ANYONE ELSE'S.
>> THESE WOMEN AND MEN OF ALL 
AGES, RACES, AND BACKGROUNDS, 
DON'T COME TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD
TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT.
THEY COME TO GET QUALITY, 
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
>> YOU ARE DISADVANTAGING HER 
BECAUSE OF HER SEX.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> THIS IS THE TIME.
>> AND SHE KNOWS THAT TO CHANGE 
THE WORLD, YOU NEED TO CHANGE 
THE IDEA OF POWER.
>> EXCUSE ME.
THIS IS MY TIME AND I CONTROL 
IT.
>> BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR 
YOU EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> AND SHE KNOWS HER VOICE IS 
HEARD AND AMPLIFIED BY THE WOMEN
SHE ELECTS TO PUBLIC OFFICE.
>> IF WE WANT FAMILIES TO 
SUCCEED, WE START BY EMPOWERING 
WOMEN.
>> WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, I 
CAME TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
FIGHT FOR THE ISSUES THAT ARE SO
IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING 
SURE THAT THIS DISTRICT IS 
FINALLY WELL-REPRESENTED.
>> THE THINGS WE RAN ON GOING 
INTO NOVEMBER, WE ARE DOING 
THAT.
>> WOMEN DON'T JUST FIGHT FOR 
WOMEN.
THEY FIGHT FOR FAMILIES.
THEY FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS, 
INCLUSION, JUSTICE.
>> TO MAKE OUR NATION A MORE 
PERFECT UNION, ESPECIALLY FOR 
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST 
MARGINAL.
>> IF WE'RE GOING TO JUMP-START 
THE MIDDLE CLASS, WE'VE GOT TO 
ENSURE THAT COLLEGE IS 
AFFORDABLE.
>> SEPARATION OF FAMILIES AND 
CHILDREN ARE DETRIMENTAL TO 
THEIR HEALTH.
>> GIVE THE VICTIMS OF GENDER 
BIAS IN THE WORKPLACE THE TOOLS 
THEY NEED TO SEEK JUSTICE.
>> WOMEN ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT 
POLITICAL FORCE IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA.
>> SHE REPRESENTS HER VIEWS ON 
EDUCATION.
>> WE'VE GOT TO PAY EDUCATORS 
MORE AND WE'VE GOT TO HIRE MORE 
EDUCATORS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO RAISE UP THE 
PROFILE OF TEACHERS AND 
CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE AND GIVE 
THEM BETTER PAY.
>> SHE REPRESENTS HER CONCERNS 
ABOUT HEALTH CARE.
>> HEALTH CARE IS THE NUMBER ONE
ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION EVERY 
DAY.
EVERY DAY.
>> SHE SPEAKS OUT ON EQUAL PAY.
>> IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR 
WOMEN EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE YOU 
FEEL LIKE THEY AREN'T GETTING 
PAID WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.
>> AND FOCUSES ON PROTECTING OUR
CHILDREN.
>> LET'S GIVE PARENTS THE PEACE 
OF MIND THAT THEIR KIDS ARE SAFE
AND ARE BEING SET UP FOR 
SUCCESS.
>> CARING FOR OUR SENIORS AND 
THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM.
SHE KEEPS THIS NATION GOING EVEN
IN CHALLENGING TIMES.
AND WHILE RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS 
NOT EASY -- 
>> WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY RUNNING 
FOR PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY?
>> -- NEVERTHELESS, SHE 
PERSISTS.
>> WE LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, 
YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU DON'T 
FIGHT FOR.
>> AND PERSEVERES.
>> THIS IS OUR TIME.
>> AND PREVAILS.
>> ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO 
SHATTER THAT HIGHEST, HARDEST 
GLASS CEILING THIS TIME, IT'S 
GOT ABOUT 18 MILLION CRACKS IN 
IT.
>> A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF 
WOMEN RAN IN THE MIDTERMS AND 
WON.
>> SHE BUILD 
S COALITIONS AND E
KNOWS WHO HER ALLIES ARE.
FROM THE FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE 
TO AUTHORING THE VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN ACT TO BUILDING A 
SOCIETY WHERE FAIRNESS AND 
EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY APPLIES
TO EVERYONE.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS A STRONGER 
AMERICA IS ONE THAT WORKS FOR 
WOMEN.
SO GO AHEAD AND CELEBRATE, YOU 
RABBLE ROUSER, YOU RULE BREAKER,
YOU FORCE OF NATURE.
OUR COUNTRY, OUR WORLD, NEEDS 
YOU.
KEEP RISING.
AND VOTE.
>> THE MORNING AFTER THE LAST 
ELECTION, I SAID, WE OWE DONALD 
TRUMP AN OPEN MIND AND THE 
CHANCE TO LEAD.
I MEANT IT.
EVERY PRESIDENT DESERVES THAT.
AND TRUMP CAME IN WITH SO MUCH 
SET UP FOR HIM.
A STRONG ECONOMY, PLANS FOR 
MANAGING CRISES INCLUDING A 
PANDEMIC.
YES, WE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE 
DISAGREED WITH HIM ON MANY 
THINGS.
BUT IF HE HAD PUT HIS OWN 
INTERESTS AND EGO ASIDE, SEEN 
THE HUMANITY IN A CHILD RIPPED 
FROM HER PARENTS AT THE BORDER, 
OR A PROTESTER CALLING FOR 
JUSTICE, OR A FAMILY WIPED OUT 
BY NATURAL DISASTER, THAT WOULD 
HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING FOR 
AMERICA AND THE WORLD.
I WISH DONALD TRUMP KNEW HOW TO 
BE A PRESIDENT, BECAUSE AMERICA 
NEEDS A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
THROUGHOUT THIS TIME OF CRISIS, 
AMERICANS KEEP GOING, CHECKING 
ON NEIGHBORS, SHOWING UP TO JOBS
AS FIRST RESPONDERS, HOSPITALS, 
GROCERY STORES, NURSING HOMES.
YES, IT STILL TAKES A VILLAGE.
AND WE NEED LEADERS EQUAL TO 
THIS MOMENT OF SACRIFICE AND 
SERVICE.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS.
EVERYONE HAS A STORY ABOUT JOE'S
CARING AND EMPATHY.
I REMEMBER HIM CALLING AFTER MY 
MOTHER DOROTHY DIED AND WE 
TALKED ABOUT BEING RAISED BY 
STRONG WOMEN.
THE BEST TESTAMENT TO JOE IS HOW
HE'S CARED FOR HIS FAMILY AND 
HOW GREAT IS IT THAT DR. JILL 
BIDEN PLANS TO KEEP TEACHING AS 
FIRST LADY?
AND JOE PICKED THE RIGHT PARTNER
IN KAMALA.
SHE'S RELENTLESS IN THE PURSUIT 
OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND SHE'S 
KIND.
WHEN HER PRESS SECRETARY, TYRONE
GALE, WAS DYING OF CANCER, SHE 
DROPPED EVERYTHING TO BE WITH 
HIM IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS.
I KNOW ABOUT THE SLINGS AND 
ARROWS SHE'LL FACE.
BELIEVE ME, THIS FORMER DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL 
CAN HANDLE THEM ALL.
SO THIS IS THE TEAM TO PULL OUR 
NATION BACK FROM THE BRINK.
BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT US.
FOR FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE TOLD
ME, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW 
DANGEROUS HE WAS, I WISH I COULD
DO IT ALL OVER, OR WORSE, I 
SHOULD HAVE VOTED.
LOOK, THIS CAN'T BE ANOTHER 
WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA 
ELECTION.
IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL, REQUEST 
YOUR BALLOT NOW AND SEND IT BACK
RIGHT AWAY.
IF YOU VOTE IN PERSON, DO IT 
EARLY.
BECOME A POLL WORKER.
MOST OF ALL, NO MATTER WHAT, 
VOTE.
AS MICHELLE OBAMA AND BERNIE 
SANDERS WARNED US, IF TRUMP IS 
REELECTED, THINGS WILL GET EVEN 
WORSE.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED UNITY NOW 
MORE THAN EVER.
REMEMBER BACK IN 2016, WHEN 
TRUMP ASKED, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO
LOSE?
WELL, NOW WE KNOW.
OUR HEALTH CARE.
OUR JOBS.
OUR LOVED ONES.
OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD.
AND EVEN OUR POST OFFICE.
BUT LET'S SET OUR SIGHTS HIGHER 
THAN GETTING ONE MAN OUT OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE 
GOING TO GIVE US SO MUCH TO VOTE
FOR.
LET'S VOTE FOR THE JOBS THAT 
JOE'S PLAN WILL CREATE.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS TO FIGHT 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
CARE GIVING JOBS WITH LIVING 
WAGES.
VOTE FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF THAT 
LIFTS SMALL BUSINESSES AND SAVES
HARD WORKING PEOPLE FROM 
FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS.
IT'S WRONG THAT BILLIONAIRES GOT
$400 BILLION RICHER DURING THE 
PANDEMIC WHILE MILLIONS LOST 
THEIR $600 A WEEK IN EXTRA 
UNEMPLOYMENT.
VOTE FOR THE PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS STRUGGLING TO BALANCE 
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND SAFETY,
AND FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
FIGHTING COVID-19 WITH LITTLE 
HELP FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, MEDICARE, AND 
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
VOTE FOR DREAMERS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES.
VOTE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PURGED
OF RACIAL BIAS THAT KEEPS ALL 
OUR STREETS SAFE.
VOTE FOR JUSTICE, FOR GEORGE 
FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR AND AHMAUD
ARBERY, BECAUSE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER.
VOTE FOR HONEST ELECTIONS SO WE,
NOT A FOREIGN ADVERSARY, CHOOSE 
OUR PRESIDENT.
VOTE FOR THE DIVERSE, HOPEFUL 
AMERICA WE SAW IN LAST NIGHT'S 
ROLE CALL.
AND DON'T FORGET, JOE AND KAMALA
CAN WIN BY 3 MILLION VOTES AND 
STILL LOSE.
TAKE IT FROM ME.
SO WE NEED NUMBERS OVERWHELMING 
SO TRUMP CAN'T SNEAK OR STEAL 
HIS WAY TO VICTORY.
TEXT "VOTE," 30330, TO GET 
STARTED.
100 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY, THE 
19th AMENDMENT TO THE 
CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED.
IT TOOK SEVEN DECADES OF 
SUFFRAGISTS MARKETING, 
PICKETING, AND GOING TO JAIL TO 
PUSH US TO A MORE PERFECT UNION.
55 YEARS AGO JOHN LEWIS MARCHED 
AND BLED IN SELMA BECAUSE THAT 
WORK WAS UNFINISHED.
TONIGHT I'M THINKING OF THE 
GIRLS AND BOYS WHO THEMSELVES IN
AMERICA'S FUTURE BECAUSE OF 
KAMALA HARRIS.
A BLACK WOMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF 
JAMAICAN AND INDIAN IMMIGRANTS, 
AND OUR NOMINEE FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY'S STORY.
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND 
EXPANDING THE CIRCLE OF 
POSSIBILITY.
AND TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
WATCHING, DON'T GIVE UP ON 
AMERICA.
DESPITE OUR FLAWS AND PROBLEMS, 
WE'VE COME SO FAR.
WE CAN STILL BE A MORE JUST, 
EQUAL COUNTRY WITH OPPORTUNITIES
PREVIOUS GENERATIONS COULD NEVER
HAVE IMAGINED.
THERE'S A LOT OF HAREARTBREAK I 
AMERICA NOW.
THE TRUTH IS MANY THINGS WERE 
BROKEN FROM BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
BUT AS THE SAYING GOES, THE 
WORLD BREAKS EVERYONE, AND 
AFTERWARD, MANY ARE STRONG AT 
THE BROKEN PLACES.
THAT'S JOE BIDEN.
HE KNOWS HOW TO KEEP GOING, 
UNIFY, AND LEAD BECAUSE HE'S 
DONE THAT FOR HIS FAMILY AND 
COUNTRY.
SO COME NOVEMBER, IF WE'RE 
STRONG TOGETHER, WE'LL HEAL 
TOGETHER.
WE'LL REDEEM THE SOUL AND THE 
PROMISE OF OUR COUNTRY LED BY 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE 
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
>> TONIGHT IS A NIGHT STEEPED IN
WOMEN WHO HAVE STEPPED INTO 
SERVICE AND ADVOCACY AND WHO ARE
USING THEIR POWER FOR GOOD.
THE POWER OF WOMEN IS 
UNDENIABLE.
WHETHER IT'S IN THE OFFICE, IN 
THE HOME, OR IN THE HOUSE -- OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.
IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE 
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY 
PELOSI.
>> I WAS NEVER RAISED IN A WAY 
THAT I WOULD BE RUNNING FOR 
PUBLIC OFFICE.
IT DIDN'T INTEREST ME.
WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE 
AND GOT MARRIED, HAD FIVE 
CHILDREN IN SIX YEARS.
SO THAT WAS MY LIFE.
WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE GROWN, 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR 
CONGRESS CAME ALONG.
>> SHE RAN BECAUSE ANOTHER WOMAN
SAID, RUN.
AND SHE WON.
STARTING ON A PATH THAT WOULD 
MAKE HISTORY.
THE FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER OF THE 
HOUSE.
>> FOR OUR DAUGHTERS AND OUR 
GRANDDAUGHTERS, TODAY WE HAVE 
BROKEN THE MARBLE CEILING.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> IN HER, SO MANY SAW 
THEMSELVES.
>> I DID FEEL A REAL 
RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER WOMEN AS
I STOOD ON THE SHOULDERS OF 
THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE.
>> NOW IT WAS HER TURN TO SAY, 
RUN.
AND RUN THEY DID.
WINNING AND MAKING HER SPEAKER 
ONCE AGAIN.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPEAKER WHO 
WOULD BRING A GUN BILL TO THE 
FLOOR.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPEAKER WHO 
WOULD BRING THE DREAMERS ISSUE 
TO THE FLOOR.
WE DO NOW.
>> AND THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERY 
AMERICAN.
BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD.
>> NANCY PELOSI.
PELOSI.
PELOSI.
>> I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE, 
GRANDMOTHER OF NINE.
I KNOW A TEMPER TANTRUM WHEN I 
SEE ONE.
THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER IS 
AWESOME.
AWESOME.
♪
>> IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE 
ARENA, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED 
TO TAKE A PUNCH.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO 
THROW A PUNCH FOR THE CHILDREN.
FOR THE CHILDREN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THROW A PUNCH.
>> FOR THE CHILDREN.
>> FROM RUNNING THE HOUSE TO 
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
AND TAKING ON THE WHITE HOUSE, 
U
UNAPOLOGETIC, UNAFRAID.
>> MADAM SPEAKER.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM 
SPEAKER.
>> MADAM SPEAKER.
>> MADAM SPEAKER.
>> MADAM SPEAKER.
>> AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME 
SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NANCY 
PELOSI.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE THE MOST
DIVERSE MAJORITY IN HISTORY.
MORE THAN 60% WOMEN, PEOPLE OF 
COLOR, AND LGBTQ.
OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH.
OUR UNITY IS OUR POWER.
THIS MONTH, AS AMERICA MARKS THE
CENTENNIAL OF WOMEN FINALLY 
WINNING THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WE DO
SO WITH 105 WOMEN IN THE HOUSE.
PROUDLY, 90 ARE DEMOCRATS.
TO WIN THE VOTE, WOMEN MARCHED 
AND FOUGHT AND NEVER GAVE IN.
WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS, 
CHARGED WITH CARRYING FORWARD 
THE UNFINISHED WORK OF OUR 
NATION, ADVANCED BY HEROES FROM 
SENECA FALLS TO SELMA TO 
STONEWALL.
FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN PRESIDENT 
OBAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN 
WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY 
MADE US PROUD.
AND THEIR LEADERSHIP MADE OUR 
COUNTRY GREAT.
IN THAT SPIRIT, WE COME TOGETHER
NOW.
NOT TO DECRY THE DARKNESS BUT TO
LIGHT A WAY FORWARD FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
THAT IS THE GUIDING PURPOSE OF 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS, FIGHTING FOR 
THE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SENT THE SENATE BILLS 
FOR LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS, FOR
BIGGER PAYCHECKS, FOR CLEANER 
GOVERNMENT, PROTECTING JOHN 
LEWIS' VOTING RIGHTS, AND 
ENACTING THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT.
WE SENT THE SENATE BILLS TO 
PROTECT LGBTQ QUALITY, TO 
PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE, AND TO 
PRESERVE OUR PLANET FOR FUTURE 
GENERATIONS, AND EVEN MORE.
ALL OF THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR 
AMERICA.
WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY?
MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD 
TRUMP.
OUR NATION FACES THE WORST 
HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE 
IN OUR HISTORY.
MORE THAN 5 MILLION AMERICANS 
ARE INFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
OVER 170,000 HAVE DIED.
THE SCIENCE-BASED ACTION, THE 
HEROES ACT, THAT WE ENACTED 
THREE MONTHS AGO, IS ESSENTIAL 
TO SAFEGUARD LIVES, LIVELIHOODS,
AND THE LIFE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY?
MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD 
TRUMP.
INSTEAD OF CRUSHING THE VIRUS, 
THEY'RE TRYING TO CRUSH THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND ITS 
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS BENEFIT.
AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, I'VE 
SEEN FIRSTHAND DONALD TRUMP'S 
DISRESPECT FOR FACTS, FOR 
WORKING FAMILIES, AND FOR WOMEN 
IN PARTICULAR.
DISRESPECT WRITTEN INTO HIS 
POLICIES TOWARD OUR HEALTH AND 
OUR RIGHTS, NOT JUST HIS 
CONDUCT.
BUT WE KNOW WHAT HE DOESN'T, 
THAT WHEN WOMEN SUCCEED, AMERICA
SUCCEEDS.
AND SO WE ARE UNLEASHING THE 
POWER OF WOMEN TO TAKE OUR 
RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR NATIONAL 
LIFE BY CHAMPIONING A WOMAN'S 
RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND DEFENDING 
ROE V. WADE, SECURING SAFE AND 
AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, PRESERVING
SOCIAL SECURITY AND PASSING 
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.
WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY?
MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD 
TRUMP.
SO HERE IS OUR ANSWER.
WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER, 
WHEN WE WILL ELECT JOE BIDEN 
PRESIDENT, WHOSE HEART IS FULL 
OF LOVE FOR AMERICA, AND RID THE
COUNTRY OF TRUMP'S HEARTLESS 
DISREGARD FOR AMERICA'S 
GOODNESS.
JOE BIDEN'S FAITH IN GOD GIVES 
HIM THE COURAGE TO LEAD.
JOE BIDEN'S LOVE GIVES HIM THE 
STRENGTH TO PERSEVERE.
JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT WE 
NEED RIGHT NOW.
BATTLE TESTED, FORWARD LOOKING, 
HONEST AND AUTHENTIC.
HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN WHO HE IS
FIGHTING FOR.
AND KAMALA HARRIS IS THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
COMMITTED TO OUR CONSTITUTION.
BRILLIANT IN DEFENDING IT.
AND A WITNESS TO THE WOMEN OF 
THIS NATION THAT OUR VOICES WILL
BE HEARD.
OUR MISSION IS TO FIGHT FOR A 
FUTURE EQUAL TO THE IDEALS OF 
OUR FOUNDERS.
OUR HOPES FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND THE SACRIFICES OF OUR 
VETERANS, OUR BRAVE MEN AND 
WOMEN IN UNIFORM, AND THEIR 
FAMILIES.
WE'LL INCREASE OUR MAJORITY IN 
THE HOUSE.
WE WILL WIN A DEMOCRATIC 
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE.
WE WILL ELECT KAMALA HARRIS VICE
PRESIDENT.
AND WE WILL ELECT JOE BIDEN 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA.
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS 
AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU, SPEAKER PELOSI.
THE HOUSE IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
AND TO ENSURE IT STAYS THAT WAY,
WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP FUND 
OUR WORK TO ELECT JOE BIDEN AND 
DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE 
BALLOT.
IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE GO TO 
JOEBIDEN.COM NOW AND CHIP IN 
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SUPPORT THIS
CAMPAIGN.
LAST YEAR, UNDER SPEAKER 
PELOSI'S LEADERSHIP, THE HOUSE 
REAUTHORIZED THE VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN ACT.
JOE BIDEN WROTE THAT LANDMARK 
LAW NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO.
SINCE THEN, HE AND OTHER LEADERS
HAVE BUILT ON IT.
BUT FOR ALL OF THIS WORK, WOMEN 
ARE STILL NOT ENTIRELY SAFE.
SO THE WORK MUST CONTINUE.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS THAT AND HE IS 
COMMITTED TO DOING THAT WORK, TO
MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN ARE SAFE,
AND TO MAKING SURE OUR VOICES 
ARE HEARD.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> MY NAME IS RUTH GLENN.
IN 1992, MY HUSBAND SHOT ME AND 
LEFT ME FOR DEAD.
FOR 13 YEARS, MY SON AND I HAD 
BEEN ABUSED BY HIM.
WE FINALLY ESCAPED.
BUT HE TRACKED US DOWN.
BACK THEN, THERE WAS LIMITED 
HELP AVAILABLE AND NO NATIONAL 
HOTLINE TO CALL.
LOCAL SHELTERS WERE FULL.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME FOR 
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME THEN --
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
NOW WORKING TO END DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE IS MY LIFE'S WORK.
>> I'M MARISKA HARGITAY.
WHEN I STARTED DOING RESEARCH TO
PLAY DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON ON 
"LAW AND ORDER: SVU" OVER 20 
YEARS AGO I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND 
OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING 
CHILDREN EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL OR 
SEXUAL ABUSE.
THE STATISTICS FUELED MY 
RESOLVE, AND I COMMITTED MYSELF 
TO THE MOVEMENT TO END THIS 
VIOLENCE.
>> MY NAME IS CARLY DRYDEN.
IN MY SMALL HOMETOWN, I DIDN'T 
FEEL LIKE I COULD SPEAK OUT 
ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH SEXUAL 
ASSAULT.
BUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET 
SOUND, I MET AN INCREDIBLE 
FOREST OF PEOPLE WORKING TO END 
THE CULTURE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
I WENT FROM SURVIVOR TO 
ADVOCATE.
>> AS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF 
THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I'VE SEEN JOE
BIDEN'S PASSIONATE LEADERSHIP IN
PASSING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN ACT.
NOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATES ARE 
RISING DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC.
WE NEED CONGRESS TO REAUTHORIZE 
AND ENHANCE THAT LAW.
WE NEED LEADERS WHO BELIEVE THAT
A WOMAN'S LIFE IS WORTH FIGHTING
FOR.
>> JOE BIDEN IS THAT KIND OF 
LEADER.
I CREATED THE JOYFUL HEART 
FOUNDATION TO HELP SURVIVORS 
HEAL AND TO CHANGE THE WAY OUR 
SOCIETY RESPONDS TO SEXUAL 
VIOLENCE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED 
TIRELESSLY BY OUR SIDE TO END 
THE BACKLOG OF HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF UNTESTED RAPE KITS.
AND OUR WORK WILL CONTINUE, 
BECAUSE TESTING KITS NOT ONLY 
MAKES OUR COUNTRY SAFER, BUT IT 
SENDS A VITAL MESSAGE TO 
SURVIVORS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO 
THEM MATTERS.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU 
CAN SAY TO A SURVIVOR IS, I HEAR
YOU.
THAT'S WHY I BECAME A LEADER IN 
IT'S ON US.
IT'S A PROGRAM STARTED BY VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ELIMINATE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES AND SUPPORT A NEW 
GENERATION OF ADVOCATES 
INCLUDING MEN AND BOYS, BECAUSE 
IF YOU'RE SILENT, YOU'RE 
COMPLICIT.
AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
>> I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN ON 
BEHALF OF ALL VICTIMS AND 
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
>> I'M VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN 
BECAUSE IT'S ON MY GENERATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER GO BACK.
>> I'M VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN, FOR
MY DAUGHTER, FOR MY SONS, FOR 
ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
>> FIRST EPISODE WAS A SLAP TO 
THE FACE AND HE BROKE MY 
EARDRUM.
PUNCHING, KICKING, CHOKING, 
THREATENING WITH A KNIFE OR A 
GUN.
>> HE HAD ALWAYS THREATENED ME 
IF I HAD EVER CALLED THE POLICE 
ON HIM, THAT HE WOULD KILL ME.
>> YOU DIDN'T HEAR VOICES LIKE 
THESE IN THE HALLS OF THE U.S. 
CAPITOL.
>> MY HUSBAND STABBED ME 13 
TIMES AND BROKE MY NECK WHILE 
THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE.
I NEARLY DIED.
I AM PERMANENTLY PARALYZED.
>> SENATOR JOE BIDEN INVITED 
THEM TO SPEAK.
>> BATTERED WOMEN NEED TO BE 
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
PROPER POLICE RESPONSE CAN 
PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME FROM
HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AT THE TIME, THE POLICE 
CONSIDERED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NOT
A CRIME.
IN THE HOME IT'S A PRIVATE 
MATTER.
AND SO WOMEN WERE RESPONSIBLE 
FOR THEIR OWN INJURIES.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN ONLY GUESS HOW -- HOW 
PAINFUL THAT IS.
>> GROWING UP, OUR FATHER SAID 
THAT THE GREATEST OF ALL SINS 
WAS THE ABUSE OF POWER.
HE TOLD US WHEN A BULLY, WHEN 
SOMEONE BIGGER OR STRONGER TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF YOU, THAT IS A 
REALLY GRAVE SIN.
THE EXPECTATION WAS FOR ALL FOUR
OF US, BE A PERSON OF CHARACTER.
YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, WE WERE
THEN EXPECTED TO STAND UP AND DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> WHEN JOE INTRODUCED THE 
LEGISLATION, FEW BELIEVED IT 
COULD PASS.
>> OUR BILL IS AN AMBITIOUS 
UNDERTAKING.
IT IS A FIRST ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS
VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN.
>> IT WAS HARD TO GET THE VOTES 
BECAUSE YOU HAD SOME 
TRADITIONALISTS WHO BELIEVED 
THERE SHOULDN'T BE LAWS ABOUT 
THIS.
>> JOE DIDN'T GIVE UP.
IT'S TENACIOUS.
HE PERSEVERED AND HE'S VERY GOOD
AT PERSUASION.
>> THEY'RE DOING NOTHING TO 
HELP.
NOTHING.
>> HE BROUGHT TOGETHER LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, 
ADVOCATES, AND SURVIVORS.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK.
>> IN 1994, THE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN ACT BECAME LAW AND 
PROTECTED MILLIONS OF AMERICAN 
WOMEN.
>> A LOT OF THE CHANGE IN THE 
ATTITUDES WE HAVE ABOUT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE WERE SHAPED BY HIS 
LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
>> YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, WE 
WERE THEN EXPECTED TO STAND UP 
AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, 
WELCOME.
COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 
FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND 
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS WHO WILL 
TALK ABOUT THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT MORE
PERFECT UNION, WE HAVE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE WE ARE.
TODAY, IN AMERICA, WE ARE 
STRUGGLING.
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS SKYROCKETED AND
FAMILIES ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP 
THEIR JOBS.
AS JOE BIDEN SAYS, WE NEED TO 
BUILD BACK BETTER.
TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN JOIN 
THAT EFFORT, PLEASE TEXT "JOIN" 
TO 30330 TO GET PLUGGED INTO 
THIS CAMPAIGN AND TO GET MORE 
INFORMATION ON HOW TO VOTE AND 
HOW TO VOLUNTEER.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP 
WORKING FAMILIES AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, HILDA SOLIS, 
WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM AS 
SECRETARY OF LABOR TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THERE WERE GOOD AMERICAN 
JOBS AND THAT AMERICANS WERE 
SAFE ON THE JOB.
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS ECONOMIC PLAN, 
PLEASE WELCOME HILDA SOLIS.
>> HELLO.
I'M HILDA SOLIS.
THE DAY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN 
SWORE ME IN AS SECRETARY OF 
LABOR WAS ONE OF THE PROUDEST 
MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.
MY PARENTS REALIZED THEY HAD 
ACHIEVED THEIR AMERICAN DREAM, 
BECAUSE THE DAUGHTER OF TWO BLUE
COLLAR IMMIGRANTS WOULD MAKE 
HISTORY AND GIVE VOICE TO PEOPLE
JUST LIKE THEM.
AMERICAN WORKERS NEED A FIGHTER 
NOW MORE THAN EVER.
AND JOE BIDEN IS THAT PERSON, 
BECAUSE HE HAS DONE IT BEFORE 
AND I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.
HE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE IT 
EASIER FOR HOME CARE WORKERS TO 
ORGANIZE.
THEY EXTENDED OVERTIME PAY TO 
MORE THAN 4 MILLION WORKERS.
THEY SAVED THE AUTOMOBILE 
INDUSTRY AND A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD
UNION JOBS WITH IT.
AND WHEN MILLIONS OF FAMILIES 
LOST THEIR HOMES, MY FRIEND FROM
CALIFORNIA, SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS 
AND WON.
BUT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP'S 
FAILURES, WE MUST ONCE AGAIN 
RESCUE A SINKING ECONOMY.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE OUT OF
WORK AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR 
ARE THE HARDEST HIT.
MILLIONS OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS 
ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK 
WITH LITTLE PROTECTION AND 
MILLIONS MORE ARE JUST PLAIN 
TIRED.
THAT'S WHY JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN NOT 
ONLY TO RECOVER WHAT WE LOST BUT
TO IMPROVE UPON IT, TO BUILD 
BACK BETTER.
BY CREATING 5 MILLION JOBS BY 
BRINGING BACK SUPPLY CHAINS TO 
AMERICA.
THAT'S BUILDING BACK BETTER.
CREATING MILLIONS OF JOBS BY 
INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY.
THAT'S BUILDING BACK BETTER.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WORKING 
FAMILIES CAN AFFORD CHILDCARE.
THAT'S HOW WE BUILD BACK BETTER.
SO LET ME BARROW AND SLIGHTLY 
EDIT SOMETHING JOE BIDEN SAID AT
MY SWEARING-IN.
WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING THE 
ECONOMY FOR ALL PEOPLE, NO ONE, 
NO ONE IS GOING TO BE A STRONGER
VOICE THAN OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, 
JOE BIDEN.
THE CONVERSATION YOU'RE ABOUT TO
SEE PROVES IT.
>> BEHIND EVERY BUSINESS THERE'S
A STORY.
>> SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND THE 
COUNTRY ARE BEARING THE ECONOMIC
BRUNT OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC.
>> AND BEHIND EVERY BUSINESS 
THERE'S A FAMILY.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CLEARLY ARE 
IN PAIN RIGHT NOW.
>> FOR EVERY FARM THERE'S A 
FIGHT TO STAY WHOLE.
>> THERE'S HARD WORK.
>> AND THERE'S HEARTBREAK.
>> WE ARE GOING TO LOSE 20 TO 
30% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF KEVIN 
AND MOLLY JOHNSON, A 
FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS IN LAKE 
COUNTY, OHIO.
>> WE HAVE 10 TO 12 EMPLOYEES ON
A GIVEN DAY.
WHEN COVID-19 HIT, IT WAS A LOT 
OF CONFUSION.
>> I REMEMBER BEING SCARED AND 
BEING UNCERTAIN.
>> WE SHUT DOWN LAST WEEK 
BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF WORK AND 
WE HAD ENOUGH TO COME IN FOR 
ANOTHER WEEK.
IF WE DON'T GET ADDITIONAL 
ORDERS IN, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT
ANOTHER SHUTDOWN.
>> YOU CAN'T PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.
YOU CAN'T PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
>> WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN 
COVER PAYROLL.
>> WHEN IT'S GOING LIKE THIS, 
IT'S SCARY.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS 
BRAGGING ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET.
IT SORT OF LEAVES A LOT OF SMALL
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES BEHIND.
>> WE COULD USE A LITTLE HELP 
RIGHT NOW AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
WE GET ONE STEP FORWARD AND THEN
TWO STEPS BACK.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF JORNAY 
GREEN WHO JUST STARTED A 
CLOTHING STORE AND THEN COVID 
HIT.
>> FASHION HAS BEEN A LOVE OF 
MINE FOR -- OH, SINCE I WAS A 
KID.
I WORKED REALLY HARD TO SAVE 
MONEY TO OPEN THIS STORE.
THEN MY RIBBON-CUTTING, DECEMBER
SHAREHOLDER OF 2019.
IT WAS BOOMING.
AND THEN, BAM.
HERE'S COVID.
IT WAS SCARY.
NO ONE WAS BUYING ANYTHING.
MY EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE GONE.
I REACHED OUT TO MY BANK BUT 
THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD NO 
MORE MONEY, IT'S GONE TO A LOT 
OF THE BIGGER BUSINESSES, THE 
MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESSES WHO 
GET THE BAILOUT.
A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE MYSELF IS 
JUST LEFT TO STRUGGLE.
BEING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE
BUSINESS OWNER UNDER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, I FEEL -- HOW CAN I 
SAY -- I'M ALONE.
I'M ALONE.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF LIN TAH 
AND HER TWO RESTAURANTS, ONE 
CLOSED AND ONE STILL OPEN.
>> IT'S ALWAYS HARD FOR 
RESTAURANTS TO BEGIN.
IT WOULD BE CROWDED IN HERE WITH
BABIES AND FAMILIES AND CROWDS 
OUTSIDE, WAIT TOING TO GET IN.
IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.
ON THE DAY OF THE SHUTDOWN, WE 
WERE ACTUALLY REVIEWED IN "THE 
LOS ANGELES TIMES."
ON THAT DAY, THE VIRUS WAS 
ANNOUNCED AS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
>> IF WE DON'T TURN AROUND SOON,
YOU'LL SEE A GHOST TOWN FOR MAIN
STREET, SAUUSA.
>> THE FIRST DECISION I HAD TO 
MAKE, BECAUSE A HUNDRED PEOPLE 
ARE
 I DON'T EVEN SEE MYSELF IN 
BUSINESS NEXT MONTH.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> WE DON'T ASK FOR MUCH FROM 
GOVERNMENT, BUT CATCH US WHEN 
WE'RE FALLING AND I KNOW IT MUST
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE FALLING RIGHT 
NOW WITHOUT A NET.
>> BUSINESSES ARE THE HARDEST TO
SUCCEED AT BUT I WAS GOING TO DO
IT IN A WAY THAT WOULD PROVIDE A
SUCCESSFUL CAREER NOT ONLY FOR 
MYSELF BUT FOR A HUNDRED 
EMPLOYEES. 
>>> THIS IS THE STORY OF DAN 
REINER.
HE'S A FIFTH GENERATION FARMER, 
STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS BUSINESS 
ALIVE.
I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN 
HE THINKS ABOUT BUSINESS, I 
DON'T THINK HE THINKS ABOUT 
FARMERS. 
>> NO.
>> AS A BUSINESS.
>> NO.
HE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THIS STUFF.
>> DAN, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT THE FARM. 
>> WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1864.
TRADE TARIFFS WITH CHINA HAVE 
BEEN HORRIBLE.
PART OF THE RAUNG SAID THAT 
CHINA DOES NOT HAVE TO BUY 
UNLESS THE PRICE IS TO THEIR 
ADVANTAGE.
WHAT KIND OF TRADE DEAL IS THAT?
THAT'S NO DEAL.
>> AND WHEN COVID HIT, 
EVERYTHING PLUMMETED.
GETTING THROUGH NOW, THAT'S THE 
PROBLEM, THAT'S THE DAY-TO-DAY 
BATTLE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT JOE BIDEN WILL
BE A CLEAR VOICE FOR US, 
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD.
JOE BIDEN HAS AN UNDERSTANDING 
OF WHAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS 
EXPERIENCING.
>> I THINK HE'S WITH ME. 
>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
EATS TIME TO HELP SMALL 
BUSINESSES, HELP FOLKS MANAGE 
THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
>> I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN JOE 
BIDEN.
HE'S A FIGHTER AND HE'S THE REAL
DEAL.
>> WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE WILL ENDURE. 
>> EVERY TIME I GET KNOCKED DOWN
UP GOT TO GET UP AND KEEP 
RUNNING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
>> TONIGHT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE 
PEOPLE WHO MAKE AMERICA WORK, 
PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON 
THE LINE TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY 
GOING, AND SINCE COVID-19 HIT, 
THEY'VE TAKEN ONE GUT PUNCH 
AFTER ANOTHER.
AND WHAT IS THE COVID FALLOUT 
DONE TO OUR BABIES?
I'M HERE AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD 
EDUCATION CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH HAS BEEN 
CLOSED FOR MONTHS.
CHILDCARE WAS ALREADY HARD TO 
FIND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND NOW
PARENTS ARE STUCK.
NO IDEA WHEN SCHOOLS CAN SAFELY 
REONLY AND EVEN FEWER CHILDCARE 
OPTIONS.
THE DEVASTATION IS ENORMOUS.
THE WAY I SEE IT, BIG PROBLEMS 
DEMAND BIG SOLUTION.
NOW, I LOVE A GOOD PLAN, AND JOE
BIDEN HAS SOME REALLY GOOD 
PLANS.
PLANS TO BRING BACK UNION JOBS 
IN MANUFACTURING AND CREATE NEW 
UNION JOBS IN CLEAN ENERGY.
PLA
PLANS TO INCREASE SOCIAL 
SECURITY BENEFITS, CANCEL 
BILLIONS IN SCHOOL DEBT AND MAKE
OUR BANKRUPTCY LAWS WORK FOR OUR
FAMILIES INSTEAD OF THE 
CREDITORS WHO CHEAT THEM.
THESE THE PLANS REFLECT THE 
SIMPLE TRUTH.
OUR SYSTEM HAS BEEN RIGGED TO 
GIVE BAILOUTS TO BILLIONAIRES 
AND KICK DIRT IN THE FACE OF 
EVERYONE ELSE, BUT WE CAN 
BUILDLE A THRIVING ECONOMY BY 
INVESTING IN FAMILY AND FIXING 
WHAT'S BLOWN.
JOE'S PLAN TO BUILD BACK BETTER 
INCLUDES MAKING THE WEALTHY PAY 
THEIR FAIR SHARE, HOLDING 
CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE, 
REPAIRING RACIAL INEQUITIES, AND
FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN 
WASHINGTON.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF 
JOE'S PLANS THAT'S ESPECIALLY 
CLOSE TO MY HEART.
CHILDCARE.
AS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP IN 
OKLAHOMA, WHAT I WANTED MOST IN 
THE WORLD WAS TO BE A TEACHER.
I LOVED TEACHING.
WHEN I HAD BABIES AND WAS 
JUGGLING MY FIRST BIG TEACHING 
JOB DOWN IN TEXAS, IT WAS HARD.
BUT I COULD DO HARD.
THE THING THAT ALMOST SANK ME, 
CHILDCARE.
ONE NIGHT MY AUNT BEA CALLED 
JUST TO CHECK IN, AND I THOUGHT 
I WAS FINE.
BUT THEN I JUST BROKE DOWN AND 
STARTED TO CRY.
HAD TRIED HOLDING IT ALL 
TOGETHER BUT WITHOUT RELIABLE 
CHILDCARE, WORKING WAS NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE.
AND WHEN I TOLD AUNT BEA I WAS 
GOING TO QUIT MY JOB, I THOUGHT 
MY HEART WOULD BREAK.
AND THEN SHE SAID THE WORDS THAT
CHANGED MY LIFE: I CAN'T COME 
TOMORROW BUT I'LL COME ON 
THURSDAY.
SHE ARRIVED WITH SEVEN SUITCASES
AND A PEEK NIECE NAMED BUDDY AND
STAYED FOR 16 YEARS I GET TO BE 
HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF MY AUNT 
BEA.
I LEARNED A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH.
NOBODY MAKES IT ON THEIR OWN, 
AND YET HERE WE ARE.
TWO GENERATIONS OF WORKING 
PARENTS LATER AND IF YOU HAVE A 
BABY AND DON'T HAVE AN AUNT BEA,
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
AND HERE'S WHY THAT IS WRONG.
WE'VE BUILT SPURS LIKE ROADS AND
BRIDGES AND SYSTEMS SO THAT 
PEOPLE CAN WORK THAT 
INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS US ALL.
IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT 
CHILDCARE IS PART OF THE BASIC 
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS NATION.
IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 
FAMILIES.
JOE AND KAMALA WILL MAKE 
HIGH-QUALITY CHILDCARE 
AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY FAMILY, 
MAKE PRESCHOOL UNIVERSAL AND 
RAISE THE WAGES OF EVERY 
CHILDCARE WORKER.
NOW, THAT'S JUST ONE PLAN.
BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW 
WE CAN GET THIS COUNTRY WORKING 
FOR EVERYBODY.
DONALD TRUMP'S IG RABS AND 
INCOMPETENCE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A 
DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY.
COVID-19 WAS TRUMP'S BIGGEST 
TEST.
HE FAILED MISERABLY.
TODAY AMERICA HAS THE MOST COVID
DEATHS IN THE WORLD AND AN 
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.
AND BOTH CRISES ARE FALLING 
HARDEST ON BLACK AND BROWN 
FAMILIES.
MILLIONS OUT OF WORK, MILLIONS 
MORE TRAPPED IN CYCLES OF 
POVERTY, MLTS ON THE BRINK OF 
LOSING THEIR HOMES.
MILLIONS OF RESTAURANTS AND 
STORES HANGING BY A THREAD.
THIS CRISIS IS BAD.
AND IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS 
WAY.
THIS CRISIS IS ON DONALD TRUMP 
AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO ENABLE 
HIM.
ON NOVEMBER 3rd WE WILL HOLD 
THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE PLANNING TO 
VOTE WEARING A MASK OR VOTE BY 
MAIL, PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE
RIGHT NOW AND TEXT "JOTE" TO 
30330.
WE ALL TO BE IN THE FIGHT TO GET
JOE AND KAMALA ELECTED.
AND AFTER NOVEMBER WE NEED TO 
STAY IN THE FIGHT TO GET BIG 
THINGS DONE.
WE STAY IN THIS FIGHT SO THAT 
WHEN OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN ASK WHAT WE DID 
DURING THIS DARK CHAPTER IN OUR 
NATION'S HISTORY, WE WILL BE 
ABLE TO LOOK THEM SQUARELY IN 
THE EYE AND SAY, WE ORGANIZED, 
WE PERSISTED, AND WE CHANGED 
AMERICA.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
HAS SAID THAT CHOOSING JOE BIDEN
TO BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT WAS ONE
OF THE BEST DECISIONS HE EVER 
MADE AND THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS 
MADE A LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS, 
MAKING HEALTH CARE MORE 
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE, 
RESCUING OUR ECONOMY, PROTECTING
AMERICAN JOBS, MARRYING MICHELLE
OBAMA, AND THROUGH IT ALL, JOE 
BIDEN WAS BY HIS SIDE EXCEPT FOR
MAYBE MARRYING MICHELLE.
YOU CAN WITNESS THEIR MUTUAL 
RESPECT AND I FEDEX IN THIS 
CLIP.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> SO JOE, FOR YOUR FAITH IN 
YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS, FOR YOUR 
LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND FOR YOUR 
LIFETIME OF SERVICE THAT WILL 
ENDURE THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, 
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MILITARY 
AIDE TO JOIN US ON STAGE.
FOR THE FINAL TIME AS PRESIDENT,
I AM PLEASED TO AWARD OUR 
NATION'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR,
THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF 
FREEDOM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND FOR -- FOR THE FIRST -- FOR 
THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME IN MY 
PRESIDENCY I WILL BESTOW THIS 
MEDAL WITH AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL 
OF VEN RACE, AN HONOR, MY MOST 
THREE FORMER SUCCESSORS LEFT FOR
POPE JOB PAUL 2R.
I'M PROUD TO AWARD THE 
PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO
MY BROTHER JOSEPH ROBINETTE 
BOOICHBD JR.
WILL THE AIDE PLEASE READ THE 
CITATION?
>> VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. 
BIDEN JR., IN A CAREER OF PUBLIC
SERVICE SPANNING NEARLY HALF A 
CENTURY, VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH 
R. BIDEN JR. HAS LEFT HIS MARK 
ON ALMOST EVERY PART OF OUR 
NATION.
FIGHTING FOR A STRONGER MIDDLE 
CLASS, A FAIRER JUDICIAL SYSTEM 
AND A SMARTER FOREIGN POLICY.
PROVIDING UNYIELDING SUPPORT FOR
OUR TROOPS, COMBATTING CRIME AND
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, LEADING 
OUR QUEST TO CURE CANCER AND 
SAFEGUARDING THE HAPPENED MARC, 
AMERICAN RECOVERY ACTS FROM 
CORRUPTION.
WITH HIS CHARM, CAN DOR, 
UNABASHED OPTIMISM AND DEEP AND 
ABIDING PATRIOTISM, JOE BIDEN 
HAS GARNERED THE RESPECT AND 
STEAM OF BOTH PARTIES AND PEOPLE
ACROSS THE NATION AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
WHILE SUMMONING THE FAITH AND 
GRACE TO OVERCOME GREAT PERSONAL
TRAGEDY.
THIS SON OF SCRANTON, CLAY MONT 
AND WILMINGTON HAS WELCOME ONE 
OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL VICE 
PRESIDENTS IN HISTORY.
HIS ROLE AS HUSBAND, FATHER, AND
GRANDFATHER.
A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS JOSEPH 
R. BIDEN JR. FOR HIS LIFETIME OF
SERVICE ON HALF OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
AS YOU'VE SEEN BY NOW, THIS 
ISN'T A NORMAL CONVENTION.
IT'S NOT A NORMAL TIME.
SO TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK AS 
PLAINLY AS I CAN ABOUT THE 
STAKES IN THIS ELECTION.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO THESE NEXT 76
DAYS WILL ECHO THROUGH 
GENERATIONS TO COME.
I'M IN PHILADELPHIA WHERE OUR 
CONSTITUTION WAS DRAFTED AND 
SIGNED.
IT WASN'T A PERFECT DOCUMENT.
IT ALLOWED FOR THE INHUMANITY OF
SLAVERY AND FAILED TO GUARANTEE 
WOMEN, AND EVEN MEN WHO DIDN'T 
OWN PROPERTY THE RIGHT TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL 
PROCESS.
BUT EMBEDDED IN THIS DOCUMENT 
WAS A NORTH STAR THAT WOULD 
GUIDE FUTURE GENERATIONS, A 
SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE 
GOVERNMENT, A DEMOCRACY TO WHICH
WE COULD BETTER REALIZE OUR 
HIGHEST IDEALES.
THROUGH CIVIL WAR AND BITTER 
STRUGGLES WE IMPROVED THIS 
CONSTITUTION TO INCLUDE THE 
VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAD ONCE 
BEEN LEFT OUT.
AND GRADUALLY WE MADE THIS 
COUNTRY MORE JUST AND MORE EQUAL
AND MORE FREE.
THE ONE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE 
ELECTED BY ALL OF THE PEOPLE IS 
THE PRESIDENCY.
SO AT A MINIMUM, WE SHOULD 
EXPECT A PRESIDENT TO FEEL A 
SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 
SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL 330 
MILLION OF US.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE LOOK LIKE,
HOW WE WORSHIP, WHO WE LOVE, HOW
MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, OR WHO WE 
VOTED FOR.
WE SHOULD ALSO EXPECT A 
PRESIDENT TO BE THE CUSS TODAY 
YAP 
CUSS TODAY YAP OF THE DEMOCRACY.
WE SHOULD KNOW THAT REGARDLESS 
OF ANYTHING, THE PRESIDENT WILL 
PRESERVE, PROTECTED AND DEFEND 
THE DREAMEDS AND IDEALS THAT SO 
MANY AMERICANS MARCHED FOR, WENT
TO JAIL FOR, FOUGHT FOR, AND 
DIED FOR.
I HAVE SAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE 
WITH BOTH OF THE MEN WHO ARE 
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
I NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY 
SUCCESSOR WOULD EMBRACE MY 
VISION OR CONTINUE MY POLICIES.
I DID HOPE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR 
COUNTRY THAT DONALD TRUMP MIGHT 
SHOW SOME INTEREST IN TAKING THE
JOB SERIOUSLY.
THAT HE MIGHT COME TO FEEL THE 
WEIGHT OF THE OFFICE AND 
DISCOVER SOME REVERENCE FOR THE 
DEMOCRACY THAT HAD BEEN PLACED 
IN HIS CARE.
BUT HE NEVER DID.
FOR CLOSE TO FOUR YEARS NOW, HE 
HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN PUTTING
IN THE WORK.
NO INTEREST IN FINDING COMMON 
GROUND, NO INTEREST IN USING THE
AWESOME POWER OF HIS OFFICE TO 
HELP ANYONE BUT HIMSELF AND HIS 
FRIENDS.
NO INTEREST IN TREATING THE 
PRESIDENCY AS ANYTHING BUT ONE 
MORE REALITY SHOW THAT HE CAN 
USE TO GET THE ATTENTION HE 
CRAVES.
DONALD TRUMP HASN'T GROWN INTO 
THE JOB.
BECAUSE HE CAN'T.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT 
FAILURE ARE SEVERE.
170,000 AMERICANS DEAD.
MILLIONS OF JOBS GONE WHILE 
THOSE AT THE TOP TAKE IN MORE 
THAN EVER.
OUR WORST IMPULSES UNLEASHED, 
OUR PROUD REPUTATION AROUND THE 
WORLD BADLY DIMINISHED, AND OUR 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS 
THREATENED LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
NOW, I KNOW THAT IN TIMES AS 
POLARIZED AS THESE, MOST OF YOU 
HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND.
BUT MAYBE YOU'RE STILL NOT SURE 
WHICH CANDIDATE YOU'LL VOTE FOR 
OR WHETHER YOU'LL VOTE AT ALL.
MAYBE YOU'RE TIRED OF THE 
DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED BUT YOU 
CAN'T SEE A BETTER PATH YET OR 
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT
THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO LEAD US 
THERE.
SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY 
FRIEND JOE BIDEN.
12 YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY 
SEARCH FOR VICE PRESIDENT, I 
DIDN'T KNOW I'D END UP FINDING A
BROTHER.
JOE AND I COME FROM DIFFERENT 
PLACES, DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, 
BUT WHAT I QUICKLY CAME TO 
ADMIRE ABOUT JOE BIDEN IS HIS 
RESILIENCE, BORN OF TOO MUCH 
STRUGGLE, HIS EMPATHY, BORN OF 
TOO MUCH GRIEF.
JOE'S A MAN WHO LEARNED EARLY ON
TO TREAT EVERY PERSON HE MEETS 
WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY, LIVING
BY THE WORDS HIS PARENTS TAUGHT 
HIM "NO ONE'S BETTER THAN YOU, 
JOE, BUT YOU'RE BETTER THAN 
NOBODY."
THAT EMPATHY, THAT DECENCY, THE 
BELIEF THAT EVERYBODY COUNTS, 
THAT'S WHO JOE IS.
WHEN HE TALKS WITH SOMEONE WHO'S
LOST THEIR JOB, JOE REMEMBERS 
THE NIGHT HIS FATHER SAT HIM 
DOWN TO SAY THAT HE'D LOST HIS.
WHEN JOE LISTENS TO A PARENT 
WHO'S TRYING TO HOLD IT ALL 
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, HE DOES IT 
AS A SINGLE DAD WHO TOOK THE 
TRAIN BACK TO WILMINGTON EACH 
AND EVERY NIGHT SO HE COULD TUCK
HIS KIDS INTO BED.
WHEN HE MEETS WITH MILITARY 
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR 
HERO, HE DOES IT AS A KINDRED 
SPIRIT.
SOMEBODY WHOSE FAITH HAS ENDURED
THE HARDEST LOST WILL THERE IS.
JOE WAS THE LAST ONE IN THE ROOM
WHENEVER I FACED A BIG DECISION.
HE MADE ME A BETTER PRESIDENT 
AND HE'S FWOTD THE CHARACTER AND
EXPERIENCE TO MAKE US A BETTER 
COMPANY.
MY FRIEND, KAMALA HARRIS HE'S 
CHOSEN AN IDEAL PARTNER, WHO IS 
MORE THAN PREPARED FOR THE JOB.
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO OVERCOME BARRIERS AND WHO'S 
MADE A CAREER FIGHTING TO HELP 
OTHERS LIVE OUT THEIR OWN 
AMERICAN DREAM.
LOOPING WITH THE EXPERIENCE 
NEEDED TO GET THINGS DONE, JOE 
AND KAMALA HAVE CONCRETE 
POLICIES THAT WILL TURN THEIR 
VISION OF A BETTER, FAIRER, 
STRONGER COUNTRY INTO REALITY.
THEY WILL GET THIS PANDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL LIKE JOE DID WHEN 
HE HELPED ME MANAGE H1N1 AND 
PREVENT AN EBOLA OUTBREAK FROM 
REACHING OUR SHORES.
THEY'LL SPAMMED HEALTH CARE TO 
MORE AMERICANS, LIKE JOE AND I 
DID TEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE HELPED
CRAFT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 
AND NAILED DOWN THE VOTES TO 
MAKE IT THE LAW.
HE'LL RESCUE THE ECONOMY LIKE 
JOE HELPED ME DO AFTER THE GREAT
RECESSION.
I ASKED HIM TO MANAGE THE 
RECOVERY ACT WHICH JUMP STARTED 
THE LONGEST GROWTH SPURT IN 
HISTORY.
HE SEES THIS MOMENT TO MAKE LONG
OVERDUE CHANGES SO SO THAT OUR 
ECONOMY MAKES LIFE A LITTLE 
EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.
WHETHER IT'S THE WAITRESS TRYING
TO RAISE A KID ON HER OWN OR THE
SHIP WORKER, ALWAYS ON THE EDGE 
OF GETTING LAID OFF, OR THE 
STUDENT, FIGURING OUT HOWE TO 
PAY FOR NEXT SEMESTER'S CLASSES.
THEY'LL RESTORE OUR STANDING IN 
THE WORLD.
AS WEAVE LEARNED FROM THIS 
PANDEMIC, THAT MATTERS.
THE WORLD KNOWS JOE AND THE 
WORLD KNOWS HIM.
HE KNOWS THAT OUR TRUE STRENGTH 
COMES FROM SETTING AN EXAMPLE 
THAT THE WORLD WANTS TO FOLLOW.
A NATION THAT STANDS WITH 
DEMOCRACY, NOT DICTATORS.
A NATION THAT CAN INSPIRE AND 
MOBILIZE OTHERS TO OVERCOME 
THREATS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
TERRORISM.
POVERTY AND DISEASE.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WHAT I 
KNOW ABOUT JOE, WHAT I KNOW 
ABOUT KAMALA IS THAT THEY 
ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT EVERY 
AMERICAN.
AND THAT THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 
THIS DEMOCRACY.
THEY BELIEVE THAT IN A 
DEMOCRACY, THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS 
SACRED AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING 
IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO CAST 
THEIR BALLOTS, NOT HARDER.
THEY BELIEVE THAT NO ONE, 
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, IS 
ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT NO PUBLIC
OFFICIAL, INCLUDING THE 
PRESIDENT, SHOULD USE THEIR 
OFFICE TO ENRICH THEMSELVES OR 
THEIR SUPPORTERS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS 
DEMOCRACY, THE COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF DOES NOT USE THE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY WHO ARE 
WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING TO 
PROTECT OUR NATION AS POLITICAL 
PROPS TO DEPLOY AGAINST PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS ON OUR OWN SOIL.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT POLITICAL 
OPPONENTS AREN'T UN-AMERICAN 
JUST BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH 
YOU.
A FREE PRESS ISN'T THE ENEMY, 
BUT THE WAY HE HOLD OFFICIALS 
ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE BUILDING TO
WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE BIG 
PROBLEMS LIKE A PANDEMIC DEPEND 
ON A FIDELITY TO FACTS AND 
SCIENCE AND LOGIC AND NOT JUST 
MAKING STUFF UP.
NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE 
CONTROVERSIAL.
THESE SHOULDN'T BE REPUBLICAN 
PRINCIPLINGS OR DEMOCRATIC 
PRINCIPLES.
THEY ARE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES, 
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, THIS 
PRESIDENT AND THOSE WHO ENABLE 
HIM HAVE SHOWN THEY DON'T 
BELIEVE IN THESE THINGS.
TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN JOE AND KAMALA'S 
ABILITY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY OUT
OF THESE DARK TIMES AND BUILD IT
BACK BETTER.
HERE'S THE THING.
NO SINGLE AMERICAN CAN FIX THIS 
COUNTRY ALONE.
NOT EVEN A PRESIDENT.
DEMOCRACY WAS NEVADA MEANT TO BE
TRANSACTIONAL.
YOU GIVE ME YOUR VOTE, I MAKE 
EVERYTHING BETTER.
IT REQUIRES AN ACTIVE AND 
INFORMED CITIZENRY.
SO I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN ABILITY TO 
EMBRACE YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY 
AS CITIZENS, TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THE BASIC TENANTS OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY ENDURE, BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT'S AT STAKE RIGHT NOW, OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND WHY A LOT OF 
AMERICANS ARE DOWN ON 
GOVERNMENT.
THE WAY THE RULES HAVE BEEN SET 
UP AND ABUSED IN CONGRESS MAKE 
IT EASIER FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS 
TO STOP PROGRESS THAT TO MAKE 
PROGRESS.
BELIEVE ME, I KNOW IT.
I UNDERSTAND WHY A WHITE FACTORY
WORKER WHO'S SEEN HIS WAGES CUT 
OR HIS JOB SHIPPED OVERSEAS 
MIGHT NOT FEEL THE GOVERNMENT IS
LOOKING OUT FOR HER.
AND A MOM FELT LIKE THE 
GOVERNMENT NEVER LOOKED AFTER 
HER OR ALL.
AND THE IMMIGRANT LOOKING AROUND
TRYING TO THINK WHETHER HE'S GOT
A PLACE HERE.
THE CIRCUS OF IT ALL.
THE MEANNESS AND THE LIES AND 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THINK 
WHAT IS THE POINT?
WELL, HERE'S THE POINT.
THIS PRESIDENT AND THOSE IN 
POWER, THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM 
KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE,
THEY ARE COUNTING ON YOUR 
CYNICISM.
THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T WIN YOU 
OVER WITH THEIR POLICIES, SO 
THEY'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT AS 
HARD AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO VOTE
AND TO CONVINCE YOU THAT YOUR 
VOTE DOES NOT MATTER.
THAT IS HOW THEY WIN.
THAT IS HOW THEY GET TO KEEP 
MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT 
YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THE 
PEOPLE YOU LOVE.
THAT'S HOW THE ECONOMY WILL KEEP
GETTING SKEWED TO THE WEALTHY 
AND WELL CONNECTED.
HOW OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL LET 
MORE PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE 
CRACKS.
THAT'S HOW A DEMOCRACY WITHERS.
UNTIL IT'S NO DEMOCRACY AT ALL.
AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
DO NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR 
POWER.
DO NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR 
DEMOCRACY.
MAKE A PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR HOW 
YOU ARE GOING TO GET INVOLVED 
AND VOTE.
DO IT AS EARLY AS YOU CAN AND 
TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HOW
THEY CAN VOTE, TOO.
DO WHAT AMERICANS HAVE DONE FOR 
OVER TWO CENTURIES WHEN FACED 
WITH EVEN TOUGHER TIMES THAN 
THIS.
ALL THOSE QUIET HEROES WHO FOUND
THE COURAGE TO KEEP MARCHING, 
KEEP PUSHING IN THE FACE OF 
HARDSHIP AND INJUSTICE.
LAST MONTH WE LOST A GIANT OF 
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN JOHN 
LEWIS.
AND SOME YEARS AGO I SAT DOWN 
WITH JOHN AND A FEW REMAINING 
LEADERS OF THE EARLY CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT, ONE OF THEM 
TOLD ME HE'D NEVER IMAGINED HE'D
WALK INTO THE WHITE HOUSE AND 
SEE A PRESIDENT WHO LOOKED LIKE 
HIS GRANDSON.
AND THEN HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD 
LOOKED IT UP AND IT TURNED OUT 
THAT ON THE VERY DAY THAT I WAS 
BORN HE WAS MARCHING INTO A JAIL
CELL, TRYING TO END JIM CROW 
SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH.
WHAT WE DO ECHOES THROUGH 
GENERATIONS.
WHATEVER OUR BACKGROUNDS, WE ARE
ALL THE CHILDREN OF AMERICANS 
WHO FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.
GREAT GRANT GRANDPARENTS WORKING
IN FIRE TRAPS AND SWEAT SHOPS 
WITHOUT RIGHTS OR 
REPRESENTATION.
FARMERS, LOSING THEIR DREAMS TO 
DUST.
IRISH AND ITALIANS ANATID ATISI 
WERE TOLD TO GO BACK WHERE YOU 
CAME FROM.
JEWS AND CATHOLICS.
BLACK AMERICANS CHAINED AND 
WHIPPED AND HANGED.
SPIT ON FOR TRYING TO SIT AT 
LUNCH COUNTERS.
BEATEN FOR TRYING TO VOTE.
IF ANYONE HAD A RIGHT TO BELIEVE
THAT THIS DEMOCRACY DID NOT WORK
AND COULD NOT WORK, IT WAS THOSE
AMERICANS, OUR ANCESTORS, THEY 
WERE ON THE RECEIVING END OF A 
DEMOCRACY THAT HAD FALLEN SHORT 
ALL THEIR LIVES.
THEY KNEW HOW FAR THE DAILY 
REALITY OF AMERICA TRADE FROM 
THE MYTH.
AND YET INSTEAD OF GIVING UP, 
THEY JOINED TOGETHER AND THEY 
SAID, SOMEHOW, SOME WAY WE ARE 
GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK.
WE ARE GOING TO BRING THOSE 
WORDS IN OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS 
TO LIFE.
I HAVE SEEN THAT SAME SPIRIT 
RISING THESE PAST FEW YEARS.
FOLKS OF EVERY AGE AND 
BACKGROUND WHO PACKED CITY 
CENTERS AND AIR PORTS AND RURAL 
ROADS SO THAT FAMILIES WOULDN'T 
BE SEPARATED SO THAT ANOTHER 
CLASSROOM WOULDN'T GET SHOT UP, 
SO THAT OUR KIDS WON'T GROW UP 
ON AN UNINHABITABLE PLANET.
AMERICANS OF ALL RACES JOINING 
TOGETHER TO DECLARE IN THE FACE 
OF INJUSTICE AND BRUTALITY AT 
THE HANDS OF THE STATE, THAT 
BLACK LIVES MATTER, NO MORE, BUT
NO LESS.
SO THAT NO CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY
FIELDS THE CONTINUING STING OF 
RACISM.
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LED US 
THIS SUMMER, TELLING US WE NEED 
TO BE BETTER, IN SO MANY WAYS, 
YOU ARE THIS COUNTRY'S DREAMS 
FULFILLED.
EARLIER GENERATIONS HAD TO BE 
PERSUADED THAT EVERYONE HAS 
EQUAL WORTH.
FOR YOU, IT'S A GIVEN, A 
CONVICTION, AND WHAT I WANT YOU 
TO KNOW IS THAT FOR ALL ITS 
MESSINESS AND FRUSTRATIONS, YOUR
SYSTEM OF SELF-GOVERNMENT CAN BE
HARNESSED TO HELP YOU REALIZE 
THOSE CONVICTIONS FOR ALL OF US.
YOU CAN GIVE OUR DEMOCRACY NEW 
MEANING.
YOU CAN TAKE IT TO A BETTER 
PLACE.
YOU'RE THE MISSING INGREDIENT.
THE ONES WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER
OR NOT AMERICA BECOMES THE 
COUNTRY THAT FULLY LIVES UP TO 
ITS CREED.
THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE LONG 
AFTER THIS ELECTION.
BUT ANY CHANCE OF SUCCESS 
DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE OUTCOME 
OF THIS ELECTION.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN IT
WILL TEAR OUR DEMOCRACY DOWN IF 
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO
WIN.
SO WE HAVE TO GET BUSY BUILDING 
IT UP.
BY POURING ALL OUR EFFORTS INTO 
THESE 76 DAYS AND BY VOTING LIKE
NEVER BEFORE FOR JOE AND KAMALA 
AND CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE 
TICKET SO THAT WE LEAVE NO DOUBT
ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNTRY THAT WE 
LOVE STANDS FOR.
TODAY AND FOR ALL OUR DAYS TO 
COME.
STAY SAFE, GOD BLESS.
>>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA 
FOR YOUR -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
BRILLIANT LEADERSHIP.
JOE BIDEN HAS CHOSEN AN 
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN TO BE HIS 
RUNNING MATE.
KAMALA HARRIS IS A FIGHTER AND A
TRAILBLAZER USING HER 
GROUNDBREAKING IDEAS TO PROTECT 
FAMILIES AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER 
BY REDUCING RECIDIVISM.
I AM SO THRILLED FOR HER TO 
BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
NOW PLEASE WELCOME OUR 
CONVENTION CHAIR CONGRESSMAN 
BENNY THOMPSON.
>> DELEGATES AND DISTINGUISHED 
GUESTS, OUR PROCEDURE RULES 
PROVIDE THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE WILL OBTAIN A MAJORITY
OF ALL PLEDGED AND AUTOMATIC 
DELEGATES WILL NOMINATE THE 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR RULES, 
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS 
NOMINATED SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS 
AS HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE.
OUR RULES FURTHER PROVIDE THAT 
IF ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IS 
NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT, 
THE CHAIR IS AUTHORIZED TO 
DECLARE THE NOMINEE, THE 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT.
AS SUCH, WITH ONLY ONE 
NOMINATION RECEIVED AND PURSUANT
TO OUR RULES, I HEREBY DECLARE 
THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS ELECTED AS
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT.
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA 
HARRIS HAS BEEN INVITED TO 
DELIVER AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> KAMALA HARRIS IS MINE AUNTEE.
>> MY STEPMOM.
>> MY BIG SISTER. 
>> WHICH MEANS YOU'LL ALWAYS BE 
MY OLDER SISTER.
>> THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE'D 
LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
TO MY BROTHER YOU'LL ALWAYS BE 
THE WORLD'S GREATEST STEPMOM.
>> YOU'RE MY ROLE MODEL WHO 
TAUGHT ME I CAN DO AND BE 
ANYBODY I WANT TO BE. 
>> MY CRIME PARTNER IN MISCHIEF 
AND IN JUSTICE.
>> YOU'RE A ROCK NOT JUST FOR 
OUR DAD BUT FOR THREE 
GENERATIONS OF OUR BIG BLENDED 
FAMILY. 
>> YOU SHOWED ME THE IMPORTANCE 
OF BUB SERVICE AND MADE SURE I 
GREW UP SURROUNDED BY SMART, 
STRONG, AMBITIOUS WOMEN EVERY 
DAY.
GROWING UP, HEAVEN HELP THE POOR
KID WHO PICKED ON ME BECAUSE MY 
BIG SISTER WOULD BE THERE IN A 
FLASH READY TO HAVE MY BACK.
WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK AS
YOU AND JOE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR
DEMOCRACY.
AND THERE'S NO UNION MORE 
PERFECT THAN BRINGS US ALL TO 
YOUR KITCHEN TABLE EVERY SUNDAY 
NIGHT FOR STIR FRY, FETA CHICKEN
OR SPAGHETTI AND MEET BALL 
FAMILY DINNERS. 
>> YOU'RE SHOWING SO MANY GIRLS 
AROUND THE WORLD WHO LOOK LIKE 
THEM WHAT IT'S LIKE TO MOVE 
THROUGH THE WORLD AS FIERCE, 
FORMIDABLE, PHENOMENAL WOMEN IN 
THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY.
>> I LOVE YOU, I ADMIRE YOU, I 
AM SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND EVEN THOUGH MOMMY'S NOT HERE
TO SEE HER FIRST DAUGHTER STEP 
INTO HISTORY, THE ENTIRE NATION 
WILL SEE IN YOUR STRENGTH, YOUR 
INTEGRITY, YOUR INTELLIGENCE, 
AND YOUR OPTIMISM THE VALUES 
THAT SHE RAISED US WITH.
>> WE LOVE YOU MAMALA.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AUNTY. 
>> YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO US, 
KAMALA.
>> AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE 
EXCITED. 
>> TO SHARE YOU WITH THE WORLD. 
>> AS THE NEXT. 
>> AS THE NEXT. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS SELECTED KAMALA
HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
>> SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN,
FIRST ASIAN WOMAN TO BE PICKED.
>> SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE US ON 
THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, THAT'S 
CRAZY. 
>> KAMALA HARRIS IS -- SHE WAS 
BORN IN OAKLAND.
>> A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS.
>> THE DAUGHTER OF SHAMLIN.
>> BIG SISTERS AND PROTECTOR.
>> SHE IS AN HBCU GRAD.
>> SHE IS A WOMAN OF MANY FIRSTS
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> HE'S A HARD WORKER, A REALLY 
HARD WORKER.
>> SHE'S BRILLIANT, SHE'S SMART,
HE'S TOUGH.
SHE HAS A BIG FUTURE.
>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ROLE
MODELS. 
>> SHE'S LIKE A DREAM TO ME.
>> CARES ABOUT IT.
>> WHEN SHE SAYS FOR THE PEOPLE,
IT IS EVERY OUNCE OF WHO SHE IS.
SHE'S FOR US.
SHE'S FOR US.
>> SHE FIGHTS FOR WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS.
SHE FIGHTS TO END MASS 
INCARCERATION. 
>> SHE IS A FEARLESS ADVOCATE 
FOR THE VICELESS.
THE LITMUS TEST FOR AMERICA IS 
HOW WE ARE TREATING BLACK WOMEN.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY 
FOR BLACK PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE, 
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, LGBTQ 
PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD 
PEOPLE, ALL OF AMERICA.
>> IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US KNOWING 
OUR POWER WITHIN TO LIFT PEOPLE 
UP, RIGHT, AND TO REMIND THEM 
THAT WE SEE THEM AND WE HEAR 
THEM THANLD THEY MATTER.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
>> GREETINGS, AMERICA.
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE 
SPEAKING WITH YOU TONIGHT.
THAT I AM HERE TONIGHT IS A 
TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION OF 
GENERATIONS BEFORE ME.
WOMEN AND MEN WHO BELIEVED SO 
FIERCELY IN THE PROMISE OF 
EQUALITY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE 
FOR ALL.
THIS WEEK MARKS THE 100th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF 
THE 19th AMENDMENT, AND WE 
CELEBRATE THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT 
FOR THAT RIGHT.
YET SO MANY OF THE BLACK WOMEN 
WHO HELPED SECURE THAT VICTORY 
WERE STILL PROHIBITED FROM 
VOTING LONG AFTER ITS 
RATIFICATION.
BUT THEY WERE UP DETERRED.
WITHOUT FANFARE OR RECOGNITION, 
THEY ORGANIZED AND TESTIFIED AND
RALLIED AND MARCHED AND FOUGHT 
NOT JUST FOR THEIR VOTE BUT FOR 
A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
THESE WOMEN AND THE GENERATIONS 
THAT FOLLOWED WORKED TO MAKE 
DEMOCRACY AND OPPORTUNITY REAL.
IN THE LIVES OF ALL OF US WHO 
FOLLOWED.
THEY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE TRAIL
BLAZING LEADERSHIP OF BARACK 
OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON.
AND THESE WOMEN INSPIRED US TO 
PICK UP THE TORCH AND FIGHT ON.
WOMEN LIKE MARY CHURCH TOUR EL, 
MARY BETHUNE, DIANE NASH, 
CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY, AND THE 
GREAT SHIRLEY CHIZ M.
 CHISOLM.
AS AMERICANS, WE ALL STAND ON 
THEIR SHOULDERS.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE 
NAME ISN'T KNOWN, WHOSE STORY 
ISN'T SHARED, ANOTHER WOMAN 
WHOSE SHOULDERS I STAND ON AND 
THAT'S MY MOTHER, SHAMALIS HP 
GOPHAL HARRIS.
SHE CAME FROM INDIA AT AGE 19 TO
PURSUE HER DREAM OF CURING 
CANCER.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
BERKELEY SHE MET MY FATHER 
DONALD WHO HAD COME FROM JAMAICA
TO STUDY ECONOMICS.
THEY FELL UNTIL LOVE IN THAT 
MOST AMERICAN WAY, WHILE 
MARCHING TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE IN
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE
1960s.
IN THE STREETS OF OAKLAND AND 
BERKELEY, I GOT A STROLLER'S-EYE
VIEW OF PEOPLE GIVING IN TO WHAT
THE GREAT JOHN LEWIS CALLED 
"GOOD TROUBLE" WHEN I WAS FIVE 
MY PARENTS SPLIT AND MY MOTHER 
RAISED US MOSTLY ON HER OWN.
LIKE SO MANY MOTHERS, SHE WORKED
AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE IT 
WORK.
PACKING LUCHLGS BEFORE WE WOKE 
UP AND PAYING BILLS AFTER WE 
WENT TO BED, HELPING US WITH 
HOMEWORK AT THE KITCHEN TABLE 
AND SHUTTLING US TO CHURCH FOR 
CHOIR PRACTICE.
SHE MADE IT LOOK EASY, THOUGH IT
NEVER WAS.
MY MOTHER INSTILLED IN MY SISTER
MAYA AND ME THE VALUES THAT 
WOULD CHART THE COURSE OF OUR 
LIVES.
SHE RAISED US TO BE PROUD, 
STRONG BLACK WOMEN, AND SHE 
RAISED US TO KNOW AND BE PROUD 
OF OUR INDIAN HERITAGE.
SHE TAUGHT US TO PUT FAMILY 
FIRST, THE FAMILY YOU'RE BORN 
INTO AND THE FAMILY YOU CHOOSE.
FAMILY IS MY HUSBAND DOUG.
WHO I MET ON A BLIND DATE SET UP
BY MY BEST FRIEND.
FAMILY ARE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, 
COLE AND ELLA WHO CALL ME 
"MAMALA."
FAMILY IS MY SISTER, MY BEST 
FRIEND, MY NIECES AND MY GOD 
CHILDREN.
FAMILY IS MY UNCLES, MY AUNTS 
AND MY SHITTI ES.
MY SECOND MOTHER WHO LIVED TWO 
DOORS DOWN AND HELPED RAISE ME.
FAMILY IS OUR BELOVED CAP ALE 
ALPHA.
FAMILY IS THE FRIENDS I TURN TO 
WHEN MY MOTHER, THE MOST 
IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE 
PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER.
AND EVEN AS SHE TAUGHT US TO 
KEEP OUR FAMILY AT THE CENTER OF
OUR WORLD, SHE ALSO PUSHED US TO
SEE A WORLD BEYOND OURSELVES.
SHE TAUGHT US TO BE CONSCIOUS 
AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT THE 
STRUGGLES OF ALL PEOPLE, TO 
BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE IS A 
NOBLE CAUSE AND THE FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE IS A SHARED 
RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT LED ME TO BECOME A LAWYER.
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, AND A UNITED STATES 
SENATOR.
AND THAT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY 
I'VE BEEN GUIDED BY THE WORDS I 
SPOKE FROM THE FIRST TIME I 
STOOD IN A COURTROOM.
KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE.
I HAVE FOUGHT FOR CHILDREN AND 
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
I'VE FOUGHT AGAINST 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
ORGANIZATIONINGS.
I TOOK ON THE BIGGEST BANKS AND 
HELPED TAKE DOWN ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES.
I KNOW A PREDATOR WHEN I SEE 
ONE.
MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT SERVICE
TO OTHERS GIVES LIFE PURPOSE AND
MEANING AND, OH, HOW I WISH SHE 
WERE HERE TONIGHT BUT I KNOW 
SHE'S LOOKING DOWN ON ME FROM 
ABOVE.
I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT 
25-YEAR-OLD INDIAN WOMAN ALL OF 
FIVE FEET TALL WHO GAVE BIRTH TO
ME AT KAISER HOSPITAL IN 
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
ON THAT DAY SHE PROBABLY COULD 
HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD
BE STANDING BEFORE YOU NOW AND 
SPEAKING THESE WORDS.
I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA.
I DO SO COMMITTED TO THE VALUES 
SHE TAUGHT ME, TO THE WORD THAT 
TEACHES ME TO WALK BY FAITH AND 
NOT BY FIGHT.
AND TO A VISION PASSED ON 
THROUGH GENERATIONS OF 
AMERICANS, ONE THAT JOE BIDEN 
SHARES, A VISION OF OUR NATION 
AS A BELOVED COMMUNITY WHERE ALL
OUR WELCOME, NOTHING MATTER WHAT
WE LOOK LIKE, NO MATTER WHERE WE
COME FROM OR WHO WE LOVE.
A COUNTRY WHERE WE MAY NOT AGREE
ON EVERY DETAIL, BUT WE ARE 
UNITED BY THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF
THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS OF 
INFINITE WORTH, DESERVING OF 
COMPASSION, DIGNITY, AND 
RESPECT, A COUNTRY WHERE WE LOOK
OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, WHERE WE 
RISE AND FALL AS ONE, WHERE WE 
FACE OUR CHALLENGES AND 
CELEBRATE OUR TRIUMPHS TOGETHER.
TODAY THAT COUNTRY FEELS 
DISTANT.
DONALD TRUMP'S FAILURE OF 
LEADERSHIP HAS COST LIVES AND 
LIVELY HOODS.
IF YOU'RE A PARENT STRUGGLING 
WITH YOUR CHILD'S REMOTE 
LEARNING OR YOU'RE A TEACHER 
STRUGGLING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 
THAT SCREEN, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW IS NOT WORKING.
AND WE ARE A NATION THAT IS 
GRIEVING.
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF LIFE, THE 
LOSS OF JOBS, THE LOSS OF 
OPPORTUNITIES, THE LOSS OF 
NORMALCY AND YES, THE LOSS OF 
CERTAINTY.
AND WHILE THIS VIRUS TOUCHES US 
ALL, WE GOT TO BE HONEST.
IT IS NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
OFFENDER.
BLACK, LATINO AND INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING 
DISPROPORTIONATELY.
THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
IT IS THE EFFECT OF STRUCTURAL 
RACISM.
OF INEQUITIES IN EDUCATION AND 
TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH CARE AND 
HOUSING, JOB SECURITY AND 
TRANSPORTATION.
THE INJUSTICE IN REPRODUCTIVE 
AND MATERNAL HEALTH CARE.
IN THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY
POLICE, AND IN OUR BROADER 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THIS VIRUS, IT HAS NO EYES, AND 
YET IT KNOWS EXACTLY HOW WE SEE 
EACH OTHER AND HOW WE TREAT EACH
OTHER.
AND LET'S BE CLEAR.
THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR RACISM.
WE'VE GOT TO DO THE WORK.
FOR GEORGE FLOYD, FOR BRIONNA 
TAYLOR, FOR THE LIVES OF TOO 
MANY OTHERS TO NAME, FOR OUR 
CHILDREN AND FOR ALL OF US.
WE'VE GOT TO DO THE WORK TO 
FULFILL THAT PROMISE OF EQUAL 
JUSTICE UNDER LAW.
BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING.
NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF
US ARE FREE.
SO WE'RE AT AN INFLEXION POINT.
THE CONSTANT CHAOS LEAVES US 
ADRIFT.
THE INCOMPETENCE MAKES US FEEL 
AFRAID.
THE CALLOUSNESS MAKES US FEEL 
ALONE.
IT'S A LOT.
AND HERE'S THE THING.
WE CAN DO BETTER AND DESERVE SO 
MUCH MORE.
WE MUST ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO 
WILL BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, 
SOMETHING BETTER AND DO THE 
IMPORTANT WORK, A PRESIDENT WHO 
WILL BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER, 
BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, ASIAN, 
INDIMMING IN US, TO ACHIEVE THE 
FUTURE WE COLLECTIVELY WANT.
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN.
AND I WILL TELL YOU.
I KNEW JOE AS VICE PRESIDENT.
I KNEW JOE ON THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL.
AND I FIRST GOT TO KNOW JOE AS 
THE FATHER OF MY FRIEND.
SO JOE'S SON BEAU AND I SERVED 
AS ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF OUR 
STATES, DELAWARE AND CALIFORNIA.
DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, HE 
AND I SPOKE ON THE PHONE NEARLY 
EVERY DAY, WORKING TOGETHER TO 
WIN BACK BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
HOMEOWNERS FROM THE BIG BANKS 
THAT FORE CLOSED ON PEOPLE'S 
HOMES.
AND BEAU AND I, WE WOULD TALK 
ABOUT HIS FAMILY, HOW AS A 
SINGLE FATHER, JOE WOULD SPEND 
FOUR HOURS EVERY DAY RIDING THE 
TRAIN BACK AND FORTH FROM 
WILMINGTON TO WASHINGTON, BEAU 
AND HUNTER GOT TO HAVE BREAKFAST
EVERY MORNING WITH THEIR DAD.
THEY WENT TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT 
WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE 
READING BEDTIME STORIES.
AND WHILE THEY ENDURED AN 
UNSPEAKABLE LOSS, THOSE TWO 
LITTLE BOYS ALWAYS KNEW THAT 
THEY WERE DEEPLY UNCONDITIONALLY
LOVED.
AND WHAT ALSO MOVED ME ABOUT JOE
IS THE WORK THAT HE DID AS HE 
WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
THIS IS THE LEADER WHO WROTE THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT AND 
ENACTED THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN,
WHO AS VICE PRESIDENT 
IMPLEMENTED THE RECOVERY ACT, 
WHICH BROUGHT OUR COUNTRY BACK 
FROM THE GREAT RECESSION.
HE CHAMPIONED THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT, PROTECTING MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WITH PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS.
WHO SPENT DECADES PROMOTING 
AMERICAN VALUES AND INTERESTS 
AROUND THE WORLD.
JOE, HE BELIEVES.
WE STAND WITH OUR ALLIES AND 
STAND UP TO OUR ADVERSARIES.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO TURNS OUR TRAGEDIES INTO 
POLITICAL WEAPONS.
JOE WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO 
TURNS OUR CHALLENGES INTO 
PURPOSE.
JOE WILL BRING US TOGETHER, TO 
BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT DOESN'T 
LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND.
WHERE A GOOD PAYING JOB IS THE 
FLOOR, NOT THE CEILING.
JOE WILL BRING US TOGETHER TO 
END THIS PANDEMIC AND MAKE SURE 
THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE 
NEXT ONE.
JOE WILL BRING US TOGETHER TO 
SQUARELY FACE AND DISMANTLE 
RACIAL INJUSTICE, FURTHERING THE
WORK OF GENERATIONS.
JOE AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN 
BUILD THAT BELOVED COMMUNITY.
ONE THAT IS STRONG AND DECENT 
JUST AND KIND, ONE IN WHICH WE 
CAN ALL SEE OURSELVES.
THAT'S THE VISION THAT OUR 
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS FOUGHT 
FOR.
THE VISION THAT MADE MY OWN LIFE
POSSIBLE.
THE VISION THAT MAKES THE 
AMERICAN PROMISE FOR ALL ITS 
COMPLEXITIES AND IMPERFECTIONS, 
A PROMISE WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
SO MAKE NO MISTAKE.
THE ROAD AHEAD IS NOT EASY.
WE MAY STUMBLE.
WE MAY FALL SHORT.
BUT I PLEDGE TO YOU THAT WE WILL
ACT BOLDLY AND DEAL WITH OUR 
CHALLENGES HONESTLY.
WE WILL SPEAK TRUTHS AND WE WILL
ACT WITH THE SAME FAITH IN YOU 
THAT WE ASK YOU TO PLACE IN US.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COUNTRY, ALL
OF US, WILL STAND TOGETHER FOR A
BETTER FUTURE.
AND WE ALREADY ARE.
WE SEE IT IN THE DOCTORS, THE 
NURSES, THE HOME HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, AND FRONT LINE WORKERS 
WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO 
SAVE PEOPLE THEY'VE NEVER MET.
WE SEE IT IN THE TEACHERS AND 
TRUCK DRIVERS, THE POSTAL 
WORKERS AND POLL WORKERS.
ALL PUTTING THEIR OWN SAFETY ON 
THE LINE TO HELP US GET THROUGH 
THIS PANDEMIC.
AND WE SEE IT IN SO MANY OF YOU 
WHO ARE WORKING, NOT JUST TO GET
US THROUGH OUR CURRENT CRISIS 
BUT TO SOMEWHERE BETTER.
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING ALL 
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY IT'S NOT 
ABOUT JOE OR ME.
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT US, PEOPLE OF ALL 
COLORS AND KREEDS WHO ARE, YES, 
TAKING TO STREETS AND ALSO 
PERSUADING OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, 
RALLYING OUR FRIENDS, ORGANIZING
OUR NEIGHBORS AND GETTING OUT 
THE VOTE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO 
CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS FIGHT.
YOU, ME, AND JOE.
TOGETHER.
WHAT AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY.
WHAT AN AWESOME PRIVILEGE.
SO LET'S FIGHT WITH CONVICTION.
LET'S FIGHT WITH HOPE.
LET'S FIGHT WITH CONFIDENCE IN 
OURSELVES AND A COMMITMENT TO 
EACH OTHER.
TO THE AMERICA WE KNOW IS 
POSSIBLE.
THE AMERICA WE LOVE.
AND YEARS FROM NOW THIS MOMENT 
WILL HAVE PASSED, AND OUR 
CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN 
WILL LOOK IN OUR EYES AND 
THEY'RE GOING TO ASK US, WHERE 
WERE YOU WHEN THE STAKES WERE SO
HIGH?
THEY WILL ASK US, WHAT WAS IT 
LIKE?
AND WE WILL TELL THEM, WE WILL 
TELL THEM NOT JUST HOW WE FELT.
WE WILL TELL THEM WHAT WE DID.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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>>> THANK YOU SENATOR HARRIS.
SO POWERFUL.
TO CLOSE OUT THE NIGHT, WE'VE 
GOT SOME AMAZING MUSIC FROM THE 
INCOMPARABLE JENNIFER HUDSON AS 
WELL AS SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM 
TONIGHT.
TOMORROW WE'LL HEAR FROM MORE 
AMERICANS FIGHTING FOR A MORE 
PERFECT UNION, FIGHTING FOR ALL 
OF US, AND FINALLY JOE BIDEN 
WILL OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
I'LL BE TUNING IN.
I HOPE YOU WILL BE TOO.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A 
PART OF YOUR NIGHT.
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♪ I WAS BORN BY THE RIVER ♪
♪ IN A LITTLE SHACK ♪
♪ OH AND JUST LIKE THE RIVER 
I'VE BEEN ROLL EVER SINCE ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME ♪
♪ A LONG TIME COMING ♪
♪ BUT I KNOW CHANGE IS GOING TO 
COME ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN TOO HARD LIVING BUT 
I'M AFRAID TO DIE ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHAT FEEL OF THE 
SKY ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG ♪
♪ A LONG TIME COMING ♪
♪ A CHANGE IS GONNA COME ♪
♪ WELL I GO TO MY BROTHER ♪
♪ AND I SAY TO MY BROTHER HELP 
ME PLEASE ♪
♪ I GO TO MY DEAR BROTHER ♪
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SOMEHOW WE'LL MAKE IT ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG LONG ♪
♪ A LONG TIME COMING ♪
♪ A CHANGE ♪
♪ A CHANGE ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
>>> WE MUST ELECT A PRESIDENT 
WHO WILL BRING SOMETHING 
DIFFERENT, SOMETHING BETTER AND 
DO THE IMPORTANT WORK.
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL BRING ALL 
OF US TOGETHER, BLACK, WHITE, LA
THIBAULT, ASIAN, INDIGENOUS, TO 
ACHIEVE THE FUTURE, WE 
COLLECTIVELY WANT.
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN.
HE WAS THERE FOR ME.
HE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU, TOO.
>> REMEMBER BACK IN 2016 WHEN 
TRUMP ASKED WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO 
LOSE?
WELL, NOW WE KNOW.
OUR HEALTH CARE, OUR JOBS, OUR 
LOVED ONES.
OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD AND 
EVEN OUR POST OFFICE.
>> WE COME TOGETHER NOW NOT TO 
DECRY THE DARKNESS BUT TO LIGHT 
A WAY FORWARD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> THE WAY I SEE IT, BIG 
PROBLEMS DEMAND BIG SOLUTIONS.
NOW, I LOVE A GOOD PLAN, AND JOE
BIDEN HAS SOME REALLY GOOD 
PLANS. 
>> BUT HERE'S THE THING.
NO SINGLE AMERICAN CAN FIX THIS 
COUNTRY ALONE.
NOT EVEN A PRESIDENT.
DEMOCRACY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE 
TRANSACTIONAL, YOU GIVE ME YOUR 
VOTE, I MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER?
IT REQUIRES AN ACTIVE AND 
INFORMED CITIZENRY.
I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE 
IN YOUR OWN ABILITY TO EMBRACE 
YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AS 
CITIZENS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
BASIC TENANTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY 
ENDURE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I AM ARCHBISHOP OF THE GREEK 
ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA.
LET US PRAY.
MOST MERCIFUL AND LOVING GOD, AS
WE GATHER IN SOBERNESS OF MIND 
AND OF HEART FOR THE SAKE OF OUR
NATION AND ITS FUTURE.
WE BRAY THAT YOU WILL SHINE THE 
LIGHT OF YOUR COUNTENANCE UPON 
THE DELEGATES OF THIS CONVENTION
AND UPON VICE PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN 
THE LAND.
AS WE FACE THE FUTURE AS ONE 
AMERICAN NATION, BRING US TO OUR
BEST SELVES AND INSPIRE OUR 
BETTER ANGELS IN PEACE, IN 
FAIRNESS, AND IN GENEROSITY, 
THAT WE MAY FIGHT AGAINST 
INJUSTICE, INEQUALITY AND 
HATRED.
THAT WE MAY ACHIEVE A COMMON 
GOOD, A GREATER GOOD IN THE NAME
OF THE HOLY TRINITY, WE PRAY.
AMEN.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONVENTION
PROGRAM FOR THIS EVENING.
WE WILL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 
TOMORROW EVENING.
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