♪
♪ O SAY, CAN YOU SEE
BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪
♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED
AT THE TWILIGHT'S
LAST GLEAMING? ♪
♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES
AND BRIGHT STARS
THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪
♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS
WE WATCHED
WERE SO GALLANTLY
STREAMING? ♪
♪ AND THE ROCKETS'
RED GLARE
THE BOMBS BURSTING
IN AIR ♪
♪ GAVE PROOF
THROUGH THE NIGHT
THAT OUR FLAG
WAS STILL THERE ♪
♪ OH, SAY, DOES THAT
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
YET WAVE ♪
♪ O'ER THE LAND
OF THE FREE ♪
♪ AND THE HOME
OF THE BRAVE? ♪
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS REVEREND GABRIEL.
LET US PRAY.
ALMIGHTY GOD, WE CONFESS THAT 
OUR NATION NEEDS YOU AND HAS 
ALWAYS NEEDED YOU.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON 
ALL OF US, REPUBLICANS, 
INDEPENDENTS, AND DEMOCRATS, AS 
WE STRIVE TO FORM A MORE PERFECT
UNION.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR STRENGTH, 
GUIDANCE, AND WISDOM.
LORD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE 
LIVING IN CHALLENGING TIMES THAT
CALL US TO LIVE UP TO THE 
HIGHEST ANGELS OF OUR NATIONAL 
CHARACTER.
AS WE CONFRONT THE TURBULENT 
WINDS OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, AND CIVIL 
DISCORD, MAY YOUR GRACIOUS HAND 
LEAD US TO THE PEACEFUL SHORES 
OF LOVE, JUSTICE, AND CIVILITY.
HELP US, O LORD, TO BE EVER 
MINDFUL OF THE MOST VULNERABLE 
AMONG US, FROM OUR GOLDEN 
GENERATION TO OUR YOUNGEST 
CHILDREN.
[ SPEAKING CHILDREN ]
TO OUR VETERANS.
FROM OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO 
OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS.
GIVE US A HEART OF COMPASSION 
AND GRACE.
THIS NATION FROM MIAMI TO 
MINNEAPOLIS AND FROM PORTLAND TO
EL PASO, ASK YOU TO SHEPHERD US 
TO A HOPE-FILLED VISION THAT 
DOES JUSTICE.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
AND WALKS HUMBLY BEFORE YOU.
I PRAY THIS IN THE MATCHLESS 
NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
>> WELCOME TO OUR CONVENTION 
ACROSS AMERICA.
WE HAD HOPED TO GATHER IN ONE 
PLACE, BUT INSTEAD WE FIGURED 
OUT A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE WAY 
TO COME TOGETHER TO SHARE OUR 
IDEAS AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE 
OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF 
LEADERSHIP WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP 
THAT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
WILL BRING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO DURING THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS, 
WE WILL GATHER SAFELY FROM OUR 
HOMES TO LISTEN, TO LEARN TO BE 
INSPIRED TO ACT, TO VOTE, AND TO
BUILD THAT MORE PERFECT UNION.
I AM HONORED TO BE WITH YOU THIS
EVENING.
I AM HERE TONIGHT AS A NINTH 
GENERATION TEXAN, AS A DAUGHTER 
OF A VETERAN AND A TEACHER, AS A
MOTHER, AS A VOTER, AND AS A 
PATRIOT.
I SHARE JOE BIDEN'S BELIEF THAT 
THE STORY OF AMERICA IS ONE OF 
ORDINARY PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER 
TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
AND AT OUR BEST, OUR COUNTRY 
REWARDS HARD WORK.
WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY.
WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, AND 
WE LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP.
SO, TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO 
BEGIN WITH THE SIMPLE KINDNESS 
WE'VE BEEN EXTENDING TO EACH 
OTHER A LOT LATELY.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH 
FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ASK
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SMALL 
BUSINESSES EMPLOY HALF OF ALL 
U.S. WORKERS.
TONIGHT WE HAVE SCOTT.
SCOTT, YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNER FROM SWATHMORE, 
PENNSYLVANIA.
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN HIT 
SO HARD IN THIS CRISIS.
SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW ARE YOU MANAGING?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 
ROUGH.
ROUGH IS A NICE WORD TO SAY IT.
MY WIFE AND I 31 YEARS AGO BEGAN
OUR BUSINESS.
AND, QUITE HONESTLY, OVER ALL 
THESE YEARS, WE FACED SOME 
ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGES.
BUT TO BE HONEST, NOTHING LIKE 
WE ARE TODAY.
WE'VE LITERALLY HAD TO REINVENT 
OUR BUSINESS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR JUST 
TO STAY AFLOAT.
OUR REVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS OFF
ABOUT 40%.
WE HAVE HALF OF THE EMPLOYEES 
THAT WE HAD PRECOVID.
AND OUR CUSTOMERS ARE A LITTLE 
SCARED.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SOMETIMES 
AFRAID TO COME TO WORK BECAUSE 
OF THE COVID.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M 
JUST FRUSTRATED.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT 
HERE.
WE ARE THE GREATEST NATION IN 
THE WORLD.
AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT, 
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF WE JUST CAME 
TOGETHER ON THIS ONE ISSUE 
ALONE, MAYBE AS AMERICANS AND 
BEING UNITED, WE CAN OVERCOME 
IT.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR SHARING 
YOUR STORY.
I'M SURE MANY SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNERS FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT 
YOU'RE FEELING NOW.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST FOR YOUR 
BUSINESS AND OF COURSE FOR YOUR 
FAMILY.
NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN TO MARLEY 
DIAZ WHO IS 15 YEARS OLD FROM 
WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.
SHE IS A LITERARY ACTIVIST AND 
AUTHOR.
AND SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF 
"THOUSAND BLACK GIRL" BOOKS.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING 
DUE TO COVID.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M DOING ALL RIGHT.
I FEEL BETTER EVERY DAY, MORE 
HOPEFUL.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A
FEW WEEKS WHERE I WOULDN'T SEE 
MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD JUST 
STICK IT OUT.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON 
ACTIVISM AND STILL SPREADING 
IMPORTANT MESSAGES GIVEN THE 
FACT THAT I CAN'T GO OUT.
SO I STARTED DOING VIRTUAL 
READ-ALOUDS ONLINE WHICH HAS 
BEEN FUN TO PROMOTE THE JOY THAT
WE CAN FIND IN READING AND IN 
LEARNING.
IT'S ALSO SUPER FUN TO SEE 
TEENAGERS LIKE ME GOING ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA AND TALKING ABOUT 
SOCIAL ISSUES AND INJUSTICES 
THAT THEY CARE ABOUT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE
THAT SPACE IN SCHOOL.
SO I HOPE THAT A YEAR FROM NOW 
WHEN WE GET TO GO BACK AND BE 
SAFE AND BE PROTECTED, WE WILL 
STILL HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS 
AND STILL HAVE A NEW 
POSSIBILITY, THE NEW WORLD.
>> YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARLEY.
YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION.
I DON'T THINK I WAS DOING HALF 
OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT 15.
AND I LOVE SEEING HOW BRAVE AND 
CREATIVE YOUR GENERATION IS TO 
CREATING CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
WORK.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH RICK.
RICK, YOU ARE A FARMER FROM 
VALANTE, PENNSYLVANIA.
YOUR FARM HAS BEEN IN YOUR 
FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS.
WHAT HAVE THE TRADE WARS AND THE
PANDEMIC DONE TO YOUR FAMILY'S 
LIFE WORK?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE 
TO OFFER THE TRUMP FAMILY OUR 
CONDOLENCES FOR HIS LOSS.
GETTING BACK TO THE BUSINESS 
SIDE OF IT, THE TRADE WAR WAS --
IT WAS A REAL STRESSFUL AND 
TRULY A DEVASTATING FACT ON THE 
FARM.
IT WAS PROBABLY WHAT PEOPLE CAN 
RELATE TO MOSTLY IN AGRICULTURE 
AND SOYBEAN TARIFFS.
AND THEN WHENEVER YOU COMPOUND 
THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 
VIRUS, NOBODY COULD'VE PREVENTED
THAT.
IT'S A SHAME OUR LEADERSHIP 
MISINFORMS THE PEOPLE LIKE 
MYSELF AND THE COUNTRY ON WHAT 
WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS 
THAT IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE 
WITH THIS TYPE OF LEADERSHIP, I 
WILL BE THE LAST GENERATION 
FARMING ON THIS FARM.
>> YEAH.
IT'S A SCARY THOUGHT.
AND I'M SURE A LOT OF FARMERS 
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT
PAST EXPERIENCES, IF SOMETHING 
DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU, IT'S TIME 
FOR A CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING 
JOE BIDEN ALL THE WAY.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
RICK, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU 
MORE.
WE NEED MEANINGFUL CHANGE AND 
LEADERSHIP THAT WILL SUPPORT 
FAMILY FARMS LIKE YOURS.
SO WE WISH YOU THE BEST.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 
STORY.
FINALLY, LET'S HEAR FROM 
MICHELLE FROM MY HOME STATE OF 
TEXAS.
MICHELLE, YOU ARE A SCHOOL NURSE
AND A MOTHER IN EL PASO.
HOW ARE YOU PREPARING FOR THE 
NEW SCHOOL YEAR?
>> HI, EVA.
WELL, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED 
SCHOOL, BUT IT IS A LITTLE 
CHALLENGING BECAUSE EVERY DAY 
SOMETHING SEEMS TO CHANGE.
WE START ONE WAY ONE DAY AND WE 
HAVE TO CHANGE IT THE NEXT DAY.
AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S 
KIND OF SAD NOT TO SEE THE 
KIDDOS WHEN WE'RE BACK.
BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WILL 
CHANGE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADAPT AND
PERSEVERE.
BUT HONESTLY RIGHT NOW ALL I CAN
THINK ABOUT IS KEEPING MY KIDDOS
SAFE.
I KNOW BACK IN MARCH WE HAD THEM
AT HOME AND THEY WERE DOING 
OKAY.
BUT NOW THEY ARE BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND IT'S A LITTLE SCARY WITH THE
UPRISE IN COVID CASES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM 
COMMITTED TO TAKE CARE OF MY 
FAMILY, MY STUDENTS, AND ALL MY 
STAFF AT MY SCHOOL.
I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO 
ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALL READY TO 
GO BACK TO SCHOOL SAFE AND 
HEALTHY.
AND I KNOW THAT I AM OPTIMISTIC 
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR LIFE, 
AND JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE ONE TO
TAKE US THERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR EVERYONE 
TO PLEASE REMEMBER TO WASH THEIR
HANDS AND WEAR THEIR MASK 
BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS 
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
I THINK THERE'S NOTHING MORE 
DIFFICULT FOR US AS MOMS THAN TO
SEE OUR CHILDREN SUFFER.
I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB
OF GUIDING THEM THROUGH THIS 
VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU 
DO AS A NURSE.
IT'S TRULY HEROIC.
I REALLY ENJOY TALKING TO ALL OF
YOU.
I THINK I HAVE ONE LAST 
QUESTION.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CHANGE IS 
COMING?
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT BETTER DAYS 
ARE AHEAD?
>> YES.
>> YES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 
TIME TO SPEAK WITH US AND 
SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.
YOU ARE THE "WE" IN WE THE 
PEOPLE.
AND YOU ARE WHO THIS CONVENTION 
IS ABOUT.
>> IN 1776, THE DECLARATION OF 
INDEPENDENCE, WE HOLD THESE 
TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT.
THESE WORDS ARE THE BASIS FOR 
THE AMERICAN CREED, EQUALITY, 
EQUITY, FAIRNESS, DECENCY.
AMERICA DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THAT 
PROMISE FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE 
AT THE TIME, PEOPLE OF COLOR, 
FOR WOMEN.
BUT WE WERE BORN OF AN IDEA THAT
EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY PERSON 
GIVEN HALF A CHANCE NO MATTER 
WHERE THEY'RE FROM, GIVEN HALF A
CHANCE, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE 
THING THEY CANNOT DO IF THEY 
WORK AT IT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE OUR 
CONVENTION IN THE CITY OF 
FESTIVALS, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,
THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO 
THAT.
BUT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM 
SEVERAL OF WISCONSIN'S LEADERS 
THROUGHOUT THIS CONVENTION 
STARTING WITH CONGRESSWOMAN GWEN
MOORE.
>> HI.
I'M GWEN MOORE.
AND IT'S MY HONOR TO REPRESENT 
MILWAUKEE AND CONGRESS AND TO 
KICK OFF THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION.
OH, I SURE WISH YOU ALL WERE 
HERE IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, 
WHICH TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE 
LANGUAGES OF THE FIRST PEOPLES 
INTERPRETED AS "GOOD LAND" AND 
"GATHERING PLACE BY THE WATERS."
THIS IS A CITY WHERE BLOOD WAS 
SHED FOR LABOR RIGHTS, WHERE 
FUGITIVE SLAVE WAS FREED FROM 
PRISON, WHERE WOMEN'S RIGHT TO 
VOTE WAS FIRST RATIFIED.
BUT TODAY, WE GATHER VIRTUALLY.
HOWEVER, WE GATHER, UNIFIED IN 
SPIRIT, UNIFIED IN OUR VALUES 
AND PURPOSE TO HEAL DIVISIONS.
AND TOGETHER MOVE THE NATION 
CONFIDENTLY INTO A PROSPEROUS 
INCLUSIVE FUTURE.
OH, WHAT BETTER WAY TO GATHER 
THAN ALL ACROSS AMERICA TO 
NOMINATE MY BELOVED FRIEND, JOE 
BIDEN, TO BE THE 46th PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
WITH MY VIP, VP NOMINEE, SISTER 
KAMALA HARRIS BY HIS SIDE?
TONIGHT, WE ARE GATHERED TO 
RECLAIM THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
SO IF YOU'RE READY TO COME 
TOGETHER, AMERICA, TEXT "JOIN" 
TO 30330.
THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU ALL AND 
GOD BLESS YOU.
♪
♪ CAN'T SEE NOTHING IN FRONT OF 
ME ♪
♪ CAN'T SEE NOTHING COMING UP 
BEHIND ♪
♪ MAKE MY WAY THROUGH THE 
DARKNESS ♪
♪ I CAN'T FEEL NOTHING BUT THIS 
CHAIN THAT BINDS ME ♪
♪ I LOST TRACK OF HOW FAR GONE ♪
♪ FAR GONE, HOW HIGH I'VE 
CLIMBED ♪
♪ ON THE BACKS OF 65 STONE ♪
♪ ON THE SHOULDER HEAD A MILE 
WIDE ♪
♪ COME ON UP FOR THE RISING ♪
♪ COME ON UP, LAY YOUR HEADS IN 
MINE ♪
♪ COME ON UP FOR THE RISING ♪
♪ COME ON UP FOR THE RISING ♪
♪ 
♪
♪ COME ON UP FOR THE RISING ♪
♪ COME ON UP, LAY YOUR HEADS IN 
MINE ♪
♪ COME ON UP FOR THE RISING ♪
♪ COME ON UP, LAY YOUR HANDS IN 
MINE ♪
♪ 
♪ LA, LA, LA, LA ♪
♪ LA, LA, LA, LA ♪
♪
♪
♪ SPIRITS ABOVE AND BEHIND ME ♪
♪ FACES GONE BLACK, EYES BURNIN 
BRIGHT ♪
♪ MAY THEIR PRECIOUS BLOOD 
FOREVER BIND ME ♪
♪ LORD AS I STAND BEFORE YOUR 
FIERY LIGHT ♪
♪ LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ I SEE YOU MARY IN THE GARDEN ♪
>> WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW WHO 
WE ARE, WHAT WE STAND FOR.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE CHOOSE HOPE OVER FEAR, TRUTH 
OVER LIES, AND, YES, UNITY OVER 
DIVISION.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO LIFT OUR 
HEADS UP, OPEN OUR HEARTS, 
REMEMBER WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING WE 
CANNOT DO IF WE DO IT TOGETHER.
♪ LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ RISE UP, COME ON RISE UP ♪
>> THE IDEA OF CALLING OURSELVES
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
FEELS LIKE IT'S PRETTY WRONG 
RIGHT NOW.
I'M FAIRLY ASHAMED TO SAY IT, 
BUT I'M ONE OF MANY WHO VOTED 
FOR THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, 
DONALD TRUMP.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK BACK TO
WHAT MADE YOU VOTE FOR DONALD 
TRUMP IN 2016.
I KNOW I SURE HAVE.
AND I'VE REGISTERED AS A 
DEMOCRAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 
MY LIFE.
I AM DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK 
THIS ELECTION IS BIGGER THAN ANY
POLITICAL PARTY.
WHAT I THINK IN LIGHT OF CURRENT
EVENTS IS WE NEED A PROVEN 
LEADER.
DONALD TRUMP'S RHETORIC, IT'S 
DIVISIVE, IT'S DANGEROUS.
IT'S ALSO REALLY DIFFICULT TO 
VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO ESSENTIALLY
HAS GROW PLATFORM RIGHT NOW FOUR
MONTHS OUT FROM THE ELECTION.
JOE BIDEN, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
HAS A VERY DETAILED PLAN, THINGS
LIKE UNITY, EDUCATION, CLIMATE 
PRESERVATION, RACIAL INEQUALITY,
AND EVEN HEALTH CARE.
WE HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO 
LOOK OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND
GO VOTE FOR A PROVEN LEADER WITH
A HISTORY OF CARING ABOUT OTHERS
AND PUTTING, TRULY PUTTING ALL 
AMERICANS FIRST.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> OUR NATION IS FACING A LOT 
RIGHT NOW.
AND OVER THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS, 
WE'RE GOING TO COVER IT ALL.
BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK 
ABOUT THREE SPECIFIC CRISES WE 
FACE: THE PANDEMIC, AN ECONOMIC 
DOWNTURN, AND AN ONGOING 
SYSTEMIC RACIAL INJUSTICE.
BUT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO 
FOCUS ON WHAT'S WRONG.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO
MAKE IT RIGHT.
WHEN PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WERE 
TEARGASSED ACROSS FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, OUR NEXT SPEAKER STOOD 
UP, STOOD STRONG, AND TURNED 
THAT PLACE INTO THE "BLACK LIVES
MATTER" PLAZA IN THEIR HONOR.
PLEASE WELCOME MAYOR MURIEL 
BOWSER.
>> HELLO.
I'M MURIEL BOWSER, MAYOR OF 
WASHINGTON D.C.
IT WAS HERE THAT JOHN LEWIS AND 
DR. KING SPOKE ON THE STEPS OF 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
IT WAS HERE THAT MILLIONS OF 
WOMEN AND MEN FLOODED THE 
STREETS FOR THE WOMEN'S MARCH.
IT WAS HERE THAT JUST WEEKS AGO 
AMERICANS DONNED FACE MASKS AND 
SAFELY AND PEACEFULLY PROTESTED 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
BUT WHILE WE WERE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTING DONALD TRUMP WAS 
PLOTTING.
HE STOOD IN FRONT OF ONE OF OUR 
MOST TREASURED HOUSES OF WORSHIP
AND HELD A BIBLE FOR A PHOTO OP.
HE SENT TROOPS IN CAMOUFLAGE 
INTO OUR STREETS.
HE SENT TEAR GAS INTO THE AIR 
AND FEDERAL HELICOPTERS TOO.
I KNEW IF HE DID THIS TO D.C., 
HE WOULD DO IT TO YOUR CITY OR 
YOUR TOWN.
AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID ENOUGH.
I SAID ENOUGH FOR EVERY BLACK 
AND BROWN AMERICAN WHO HAS 
EXPERIENCED INJUSTICE.
ENOUGH FOR EVERY AMERICAN WHO 
BELIEVES IN JUSTICE.
BUT I SAID ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER 
REASON, TOO.
I HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, 
AND I WANT HER TO GROW UP IN AN 
AMERICA WHERE SHE'S NOT SCARED 
TO WALK TO THE STORE, AN AMERICA
WHERE SHE'S SAFE BEHIND THE 
DOORS OF HER OWN HOME, AN 
AMERICA WHERE THE PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T FAN THE FLAMES OF RACISM
AND LOOKS OUT FOR ALL OF US.
SO I CREATED "BLACK LIVES 
MATTER" PLAZA RIGHT BEHIND ME AS
A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME 
TOGETHER TO SAY ENOUGH.
AND BY COMING TOGETHER THIS 
NOVEMBER TO ELECT JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS, WE WILL SAY NEXT.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST PAINT 
THOSE WORDS BEHIND ME.
WE CAN'T JUST SAY THOSE WORDS.
WE HAVE TO LIVE THOSE WORDS.
WE HAVE TO UNDO THE LAWS AND 
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE CODIFIED 
RACISM FOR FAR TOO LONG.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, 
TOO.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US 
CHALLENGE OUR OWN BIASIES.
IF WE SEE SOMETHING, DO 
SOMETHING.
TOGETHER WE CAN TURN THIS 
RECKONING INTO A RE-IMAGINING OF
A NATION WHERE WE THE PEOPLE 
MEANS ALL THE PEOPLE.
THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO 
STOOD ON THIS VERY BALCONY AS 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTED IN THIS CITY.
ONE WAS OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT,
MY SISTER KAMALA HARRIS.
THE OTHERS WERE MEMBERS OF 
GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY WHO I'M 
HONORED TO INTRODUCE NOW.
>> MY BROTHER GEORGE WAS 
SELFLESS.
HE ALWAYS MADE SACRIFICES FOR 
HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND EVEN 
COMPLETE STRANGERS.
GEORGE HAD A GIVING SPIRIT, A 
SPIRIT THAT HAS SHOWN UP ON 
STREETS AROUND OUR NATION AND 
AROUND THE WORLD.
PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, ALL AGES, 
ALL GENDERS, ALL BACKGROUNDS, 
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING IN THE 
NAME OF LOVE AND UNITY.
IT'S A FITTING LEGACY FOR OUR 
BROTHER.
BUT GEORGE SHOULD BE ALIVE 
TODAY.
BREONNA TAYLOR SHOULD BE ALIVE 
TODAY.
AHMAUD ARBERY SHOULD BE ALIVE 
TODAY.
ERIC GARDNER, THEY SHOULD ALL BE
ALIVE TODAY.
SO IT'S UP TO US TO CARRY ON THE
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
OUR ACTIONS WILL BE THEIR 
LEGACIES.
WE MUST ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES IN
WHAT JOHN LEWIS CALLED GOOD 
TROUBLE, FOR THE NAMES WE DO NOT
KNOW, THE FACES WE WILL NEVER 
SEE, THOSE WHO CAN'T MOURN 
BECAUSE THEIR MURDERS DIDN'T GO 
VIRAL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF 
SILENCE TO HONOR GEORGE AND THE 
MANY OTHER SOULS WE LOST TO HATE
AND INJUSTICE.
AND WHEN THIS MOMENT ENDS, LET'S
MAKE SURE WE NEVER STOP SAYING 
THEIR NAMES.
[ SILENCE ]
♪
♪ HOPING FOR A LIFE MORE 
SWEETER ♪
♪ INSTEAD I'M JUST ♪
♪
♪
♪ CAN'T FEEL PEACE WITH THOSE 
JUDGING EYES ♪
♪ THE WORDS OF THE KING 
DISAPPEAR IN THE AIR ♪
♪ LIKE A BUTTERFLY ♪
♪ SOMEBODY HANDS YOU A FELONY 
BECAUSE YOU STOLE FROM ME MY 
CHANCE TO BE ♪
♪ HOPING FOR A LIFE MORE 
SWEETER ♪
♪
♪
♪ SKIN DARK AS NIGHT ♪
♪ CAN'T FEEL PEACE WITH THOSE 
JUDGING EYES ♪
♪ THE TEARS OF MY MOTHER RAIN, 
RAIN OVER ME ♪
♪ MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS 
SANG, SANG OVER ME ♪
♪ AND I WISH I HAD ANOTHER DAY ♪
♪ BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY ♪
♪ HOPING FOR A LIFE MORE 
SWEETER ♪
♪
♪
♪ INSTEAD I'M JUST A STORMY 
REPEATER ♪
♪ CAN'T FEEL PEACE WITH THOSE 
JUDGING EYES ♪
♪ THE TEARS OF MY MOTHER RAIN, 
RAIN OVER ME ♪
♪ MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS 
SANG, SANG OVER ME ♪
♪ AND I WISH I HAD ANOTHER DAY ♪
♪ BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY ♪
♪ HOPING FOR A LIFE MORE 
SWEETER ♪
>> THANK YOU, LEON BRIDGES, 
WHOSE SONG "SWEETER" FEATURED 
TERRACE MARTIN, A SONG WRITTEN 
AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ASK 
OURSELVES HOW DO WE THE PEOPLE 
TAKE THE PROTEST AND TURN THEM 
INTO PROGRESS?
HOW DO WE TAKE THE CHANGES WE'RE
SEEING IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS 
OF PEOPLE AND TRANSLATE IT INTO 
REAL AND LASTING CHANGE IN 
PEOPLE'S LIVES?
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC 
INEQUALITIES THAT THIS VIRUS HAS
EXPOSED AND WORSENED.
AND WE NEED TO SOLVE THE TESTING
AND HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES THAT
HAVE LED TO PEOPLE OF COLOR 
DYING FROM COVID AT HIGHER RATES
THAN WHITE PEOPLE.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER 
FOR AMERICANS TO VOTE.
WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.
AND TO DO THIS WE NEED COMMUNITY
ACTION, WE NEED CONGRESS THAT 
CAN HAVE POWER TO DO IT, AND WE 
NEED A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTAND 
THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT.
>> THE MOMENT HAS COME FOR OUR 
NATION TO DEAL WITH SYSTEMIC 
RACISM, TO DEAL WITH THE GROWING
ECONOMIC INEQUITIES THAT EXIST 
IN OUR NATION, TO DEAL WITH THE 
DENIAL OF THE PROMISE OF THIS 
NATION MADE TO SO MANY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID FROM THE 
OUTSET OF THIS ELECTION THAT 
WE'RE IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL
OF THIS NATION.
AND WE ARE IN THE BATTLE FOR THE
SOUL OF THIS NATION.
WHAT WE BELIEVE, MAYBE MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, WHO WE WANT TO BE.
IT'S ALL AT STAKE.
THAT'S TRUER TODAY THAN AT LEAST
IT HAS BEEN IN MY LIFETIME.
AND IT'S THIS URGENCY, IT'S IN 
THIS URGENCY WE CAN FIND A PATH 
FORWARD.
>> HEY, EVERYBODY.
HOW ARE YOU?
THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
JAMERA, TELL THE FOLKS ABOUT 
YOUR BACKGROUND.
>> I STARTED DOING ACTIVISM WHEN
I WAS 15.
IT WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
KNOWING BOTH THE PERPETRATOR AND
A VICTIM MY BROTHER ANDRE WAS 
SHOT AND KILLED IN PHILADELPHIA.
AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT I 
HAD A RESPONSIBILITY ALMOST A 
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO 
ENSURE THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN 
TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S 
MISSING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW IS 
OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO
EACH OTHER AND TO REALIZE THAT 
THE PERSON DOWN THE STREET OR 
AROUND THE CORNER, EVEN ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT 
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE 
SAFE, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO 
EDUCATION, AND THAT IN ALL WE'RE
CREATING A WORLD IN WHICH THEIR 
DIFFERENCES ARE CELEBRATED AS 
WELL AS PROTECT THE LAW.
>> MAYOR, HOW ARE YOU 
PRIORITIZING MANY THINGS YOU 
HAVE TO DO AS WE TRY TO TACKLE 
IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T BEFORE,
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE CITY?
>> REALLY IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC 
EMPOWERMENT.
BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE LIFTED OUT
OF POVERTY AND THEY ARE GIVEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL A STAKE IN 
THEIR OWN FUTURE, THAT GOES A 
LONG WAY.
WE'RE ALSO CHALLENGING, YOU 
KNOW, ALL KINDS OF INSTITUTIONS 
FROM CORPORATIONS TO 
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO 
BETTER TO END SYSTEMIC RACISM 
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 
UPLIFTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN
COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO THE VOICES 
OF PEOPLE THAT TRADITIONALLY 
DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S TALKING ABOUT
DE-FUNDING THE POST OFFICE AND 
MAIL-IN VOTING.
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE 
SHOULD BE DOING, MR. PRESIDENT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE 
TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE 
AROUND VOTING.
IT SHOULD BE SEEN AS A 
DEMOCRATIC THING TO DO, THE MOST
PATRIOTIC THING WE CAN DO, AND 
NOT A PARTISAN EXERCISE.
SECONDLY, HOW DO WE OPEN UP 
ACCESS TO VOTING SO WE CAN 
ADDRESS SOME OF THE SYSTEMIC 
PROBLEMS.
NOT ONLY SHOULD WE REAUTHORIZE 
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT BUT WE 
HAVE TO GO FURTHER.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, VOTING SHOULD 
BE SEEN AS A CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHT THAT'S GUARANTEED AND WITH
A LEVEL THAT ALL CITIZENS CAN BE
ASSURED THAT THEY CAN HAVE 
UNFETTERED ACCESS WITHOUT BEING 
SUPPRESSED.
>> THIS IS A WATERSHED MOMENT 
AND WE CAN'T LOSE THIS MOMENT.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE ACTION AT 
THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE 
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.
WE CANNOT HAVE 18,000 POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS AND IN 2020 HAVE 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS STILL 
ALLOWING THE USE OF A KNEE ON 
THE MAN'S NECK IN GEORGE FLOYD.
A LOT OF US WERE SHOCKED.
AND I THINK WHAT GIVES ME HOPE 
IS THAT POLICE OFFICERS WERE 
SHOCKED.
POLICE OFFICERS HAVE SPOKEN OUT 
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL 
HAVE SOME NATIONAL STANDARDS AS 
IT RELATES TO POLICING, USE OF 
FORCE, A NATIONAL DATABASE, AN 
ABOLISHMENT OF PROHIBITION IN A 
NATIONAL STANDARD IN TERMS OF 
CHOKEHOLDS, AND THAT WE ACTUALLY
USE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD 
AND OTHERS TO ACTUALLY MAKE 
POLICING TAKE IT TO THE NEXT 
LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT EVERYONE 
WANTS INCLUDING ALL THE GOOD 
COPS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT 
THANKFULLY THERE ARE MORE OF 
THEM THAN THERE ARE BAD COPS.
>> MOST COPS ARE GOOD.
BUT THE FACT IS THE BAD ONES 
HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED AND 
PROSECUTED AND OUT, PERIOD.
GWEN, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> OH, WELL, I'M DOING PRETTY 
WELL, AS WELL AS CAN BE 
EXPECTED.
>> YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT IN 
THE WORDS OF GEORGE FLOYD "I 
CAN'T BREATHE" ARE NOT NEW TO 
YOU AND ECHO IN YOUR MIND EVERY 
SINGLE DAY.
SIX YEARS AGO WHEN YOUR SON 
DIED.
BUT WE CAN'T LET THIS KEEP 
HAPPENING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEXT THING
WE HAVE TO DO, GWEN?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW 
WHEN MY SON WAS MURDERED, THERE 
WAS A BIG UPRISING.
BUT THEN IT SETTLED DOWN.
WE CAN'T LET THINGS SETTLE DOWN.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE 
POLITICIANS, AND WE HAVE TO HOLD
THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE BECAUSE 
OTHERWISE THE BIG UPRISING IS 
NOT GOING TO MEAN A LOT.
SO I AM JUST ASKING THAT IF YOU 
BECOME THE PRESIDENT THAT YOU 
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET NATIONAL 
LAW AS WELL AS STATE AND LOCAL 
LAW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
POLICE BRUTALITY.
BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN AN AGE-OLD
PROBLEM.
>> WELL, I MAY BE KIDDING 
MYSELF, BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE 
ARE READY.
WE JUST GOT TO KEEP PUSHING.
WE CAN'T LET UP.
BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE 
DOING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BYE-BYE.
♪
>> RACISM STRUCTURALLY, 
INDIVIDUALLY, AND SYSTEMATICALLY
IS REAL.
>> BLACK, BROWN, NO MATTER WHAT 
YOU LOOK LIKE, YOU SHOULD NOT 
EVER BE FEARFUL OF YOUR LIFE DUE
TO THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN.
>> WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES IS SOMEONE WHO'S FAIR, 
WHO BELIEVES IN EQUAL JUSTICE 
UNDER THE LAW.
I WANT HIM TO LEAD US THROUGH 
THIS REVOLUTION THAT WE'RE 
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
>> JOE BIDEN IS A HEALER, AND 
HE'S A UNIFIER.
HE WILL FIGHT FOR THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
>> UNDO, REMOVE, TEAR DOWN THE 
REMNANTS OF STRUCTURAL AND 
SYSTEMATIC RACISM IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
>> THE SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES THAT 
EXIST, THINGS THAT OUR NATION 
HAS OVERLOOKED THAT NEED TO BE 
ADDRESSED.
>> WE NEED TO STAND ON OUR 
PLATFORM AND INTRODUCE 
LEGISLATION THAT MAKES THIS 
PLATFORM FELT FROM COAST TO 
COAST.
>> I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN'S THE 
PERSON TO RESTORE THE VALUES 
THAT WE HOLD SO NEAR AND DEAR TO
OUR HEARTS.
>> I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD SON.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 
IS A WORLD THAT'S LEFT BETTER 
FOR HIM.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN.
HERE IN HISTORIC CHARLESTON, 
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SIX MONTHS AGO, I STOOD NOT FAR 
FROM HERE AND ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
TO BE OUR 46th PRESIDENT.
IT WAS A DECISION I MADE WITH MY
FEET FIRMLY PLANTED IN THIS 
COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY, FOR 80% OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS 
COUNTRY CAN CLAIM AN ANCESTOR 
WHO ARRIVED ON THESE SHORES IN 
BONDAGE.
A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE.
THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS STILL 
HEALING FROM THE WOUNDS WE 
RECEIVE FROM THE WHITE 
SUPREMACISTS, AND MURDERED NINE 
BLACK PARISHIONERS AS THEY 
STUDIED THE BIBLE TOGETHER.
THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET IS 
SEATED WITH PAIN THAT IS BOTH 
OLD AND NEW.
BUT FROM THAT SOIL, WE ALWAYS 
FIND A WAY TO GROW TOGETHER.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON REMOVED A STATUE 
HONORING JOHN C. CALHOUN, AN 
HONORED ADVOCATE OF SLAVERY.
AND CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM AT 
GASTON'S WHARF.
MUCH LIKE THE COUNTRY AS A 
WHOLE, WE ARE STEPPING OUT FROM 
THE SHADOWS OF OUT OF PAST AND 
BEGINNING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK 
FOR A MORE JUST FUTURE.
IT WON'T BE EASY.
WE CAN ONLY SUCCEED IF WE MOVE 
FORWARD TOGETHER.
SO WE WILL NEED A PRESIDENT WHO 
SEES UNIFYING PEOPLE AS A 
REQUIREMENT OF THE JOB.
A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTAND THE 
TRUE MEANING OF COMMUNITY AND 
HOW TO BUILD IT THROUGH TRUST 
AND HUMILITY.
AND WITH SO MANY FAMILIES 
EXPERIENCING LOSS IN THIS 
PANDEMIC, LOST JOBS, LOST LOVED 
ONES, AND LOST CONFIDNCE IN THE
PRESIDENT TO KEEP US SAFE, WE 
NEED A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTAND 
BOTH PROFOUND LOSS AND WHAT IT 
TAKES TO BOUNCE BACK.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS 
FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE WITH LOSS 
AND HARDSHIP IS HIS ABILITY TO 
TRANSLATE THAT PERSPECTIVE INTO 
POLICY AND SOLUTIONS.
AND PRIORITIZE HARD-WORKING 
PEOPLE AND PERSISTENT POVERTY 
COUNTIES OVER POLITICS OR 
PERSONAL GAIN.
THAT'S WHY I STAND WITH JOE AND 
WHY HE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ADOPTED
SON OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
JOE BIDEN IS AS GOOD A MAN AS HE
IS A LEADER.
I HAVE SAID BEFORE AND WISH TO 
REITERATE TONIGHT, WE KNOW JOE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JOE KNOWS 
US.
>> I AM KEVIN.
I DO A LOT OF THINGS IN LIFE.
BUT THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF 
IS I AM A TAPS MILITARY MENTOR.
AND THAT'S HOW I SPEND THE 
MAJORITY OF MY TIME POST MARINE 
CORPS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> BUILDING MEMORIES LIKE THE 
ONES WE BUILD TOGETHER IS THE 
SINGLE BEST THING I DO WITH MY 
TIME.
♪
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO 
BE A PART OF YOUR LIVES AND 
SHARING THE JOURNEYS FOR THE 
PAST DECADE.
>> WE'VE GOT ABOUT 500 KIDS AND 
FAMILY MEMBERS AND MENTORS ALL 
PACKED INTO THIS VERY LARGE 
BALLROOM.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BACK 
DOOR OPENS UP AND IN WALKS JOE 
BIDEN.
I HAD AN ALMOST OUT-OF-BODY 
EXPERIENCE.
I LIKE TO THINK I'M DECENT IN 
READING PEOPLE FROM MY PEOPLE IN
THE MARINE CORPS, MY TIME 
STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY.
HE WAS BEING REAL.
YOU CAN'T FAKE THAT KIND OF A 
SMILE.
HE WAS GENUINELY HAPPY TO SEE 
THESE KIDS AND SPEND TIME WITH 
THEM.
IT'S EASY TO LOSE FAITH IN 
HUMANITY, ESPECIALLY TODAY, 
THERE'S A LOT OF POLARIZATION.
LEAVES A LOT OF ROOM FOR A LOT 
OF HOPE.
AND IT'S HARD TO ARTICULATE REAL
CHARACTER WHEN YOU SEE IT.
POLICIES ARE GREAT AND WE NEED 
SOUND POLICIES AS WELL, HE ALSO 
HAS THOSE BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE 
CHOPS.
BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE NONE OF 
THAT MATTERS IF YOU DON'T HAVE 
THE CHARACTER.
THIS IS A VERY UNPRECEDENTED AND
CHALLENGING TIME THAT REQUIRES 
AN UNPRECEDENTED AND COURAGEOUS 
LEADER.
WE NEED SOMEONE WITH THE COURAGE
TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY AND 
WHAT'S RIGHT TO STRIVE TOWARDS 
THAT MORE PERFECT UNION.
THAT'S JOE BIDEN.
I KNOW JOE BECAUSE HE CARES 
ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE BEFORE 
HIMSELF.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE JOE KNOWS?
JOE KNOWS ABOUT PANDEMICS.
IN 2014 HE HELPED STOP THE 
SPREAD OF EBOLA AND BROUGHT THE 
WORLD TOGETHER TO KEEP IT 
CONTAINED.
AND AFTER THAT SUCCESS, KNOWING 
THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN, VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT 
OBAMA ASSEMBLED A PANDEMIC 
PLAYBOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT 
AMERICA WAS PREPARED AND 
PROTECTED.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
DISBANDED THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE 
TEAM THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM.
AMERICANS HAVE DIED AND LOST 
THEIR LIVELIHOODS BECAUSE OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE DESERVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES IN 
SCIENCE, THAT RECOGNIZES THE 
THREAT OF COVID WHO HAS A PLAN 
TO GET US THROUGH IT.
AND THAT IS JOE BIDEN?
WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY THERE ARE RESPONSIBLE 
LEADERS WHO ARE STEPPING UP.
ONE OF THEM PROVIDED CLEAR 
DIRECTION AND MEMORABLE 
POWERPOINTS, NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR
ANDREW CUOMO.
>> HELLO.
TODAY'S MONDAY, DAY 170.
NEW YORKERS WERE GROUND ZERO FOR
THE COVID VIRUS AND HAVE GONE 
FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATES ON THE GLOBE TO 
ONE OF THE LOWEST.
WE CLIMBED THE IMPOSSIBLE 
MOUNTAIN.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON THE 
OTHER SIDE.
WE DID IT WITH THE KINDNESS AND 
ASSISTANCE OF SO MANY.
NEW YORKERS WANT TO THANK 
EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR AID.
30,000 AMERICANS VOLUNTEERED TO 
COME HERE TO HELP IN OUR HOUR OF
NEED.
YOUR LOVE GAVE US THE STRENGTH 
TO CARRY ON.
WE WENT THROUGH HELL, BUT WE 
HAVE LEARNED MUCH.
WE KNOW THAT OUR PROBLEMS GO 
BEYOND THE COVID VIRUS.
COVID IS THE SYMPTOM, NOT THE 
ILLNESS.
OUR NATION IS IN CRISIS.
AND IN MANY WAYS COVID IS JUST A
METAPHOR.
A VIRUS ATTACKS WHEN THE BODY IS
WEAK AND WHEN IT CANNOT DEFEND 
ITSELF.
OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS, 
AMERICA'S BODY POLITICS HAS BEEN
WEAKENED.
THE DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN GROWING 
DEEPER.
THE ANTI-SEMITISM, THE 
ANTI-LATINO, THE RACISM IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE WHERE THE KKK 
DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO WEAR THEIR
HOODS.
AND IN MINNESOTA WHERE THE LIFE 
WAS SQUEEZED FROM MR. FLOYD.
ONLY STRONG BODY CAN FIGHT OFF
THE VIRUS.
AND AMERICA'S DIVISIONS WEAKENED
IT.
DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T CREATE THE 
INITIAL DIVISION.
THE DIVISION CREATED TRUMP.
HE ONLY MADE IT WORSE.
OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH IS 
EXERCISED THROUGH GOVERNMENT.
IT IS, IN EFFECT, OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM, AND OUR CURRENT FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND 
INCOMPETENT.
IT COULDN'T FIGHT OFF THE VIRUS.
IN FACT, IT DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT 
COMING.
THE EUROPEAN VIRUS INFECTED THE 
NORTHEAST WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE 
WAS STILL FIXATED ON CHINA.
THE VIRUS HAD BEEN ATTACKING US 
FOR MONTHS BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW
IT WAS HERE.
WE SAW THE FAILURE OF A 
GOVERNMENT THAT TRIED TO DENY 
THE VIRUS, THEN TRIED TO IGNORE 
IT, AND THEN TRIED TO POLITICIZE
IT.
THE FAILED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
THAT WATCHED NEW YORK GET 
AMBUSHED BY THEIR NEGLIGENCE AND
THEN WATCHED NEW YORK SUFFER BUT
ALL THROUGH IT LEARNED 
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
SO TODAY SIX MONTHS AFTER IT 
BEGAN, THE NATION IS STILL 
UNPREPARED.
AND WE NOW FACE A SECOND THREAT,
BUT THIS TIME NOT FROM MOTHER 
NATURE.
THIS IS A MANMADE THREAT BY OUR 
OWN NEGLIGENCE.
WE NOW SEE THE VIRUS 
RICOCHETTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER.
TODAY WE TRAIL THE WORLD IN 
DEFEATING COVID.
WE HAVE OVER 5 MILLION CASES.
AMERICANS LEARNED A CRITICAL 
LESSON, HOW VULNERABLE WE ARE 
WHEN WE ARE DIVIDED, AND HOW 
MANY LIVES CAN BE LOST WHEN OUR 
GOVERNMENT IS INCOMPETENT.
BUT WE LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, 
MY FRIENDS.
WE SAW THE NEGATIVE BUT WE ALSO 
SAW THE POSITIVE.
AS THEY PROVED THEIR WAY FAILED,
WE PROVED THAT OUR WAY 
SUCCEEDED.
THAT AMERICA CAN STILL RISE TO 
THE OCCASION.
WE CAN PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE
AND FIND COMMONALITY.
GOVERNMENT CAN TELL THE TRUTH 
AND CAN BUILD TRUST.
WE CAN JUDGE BY CONTENT OF 
CHARACTER RATHER THAN COLOR OF 
SKIN.
WE CAN CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER THAT
AMERICANS CAN WORK TOGETHER AND 
FORGE COMMUNITY AND A COMPETENT 
GOVERNMENT.
THAT OF COURSE WE WILL WEAR 
MASKS BECAUSE WE ARE SMART AND 
BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU AND 
BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT ME.
OF COURSE WE WILL SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE BECAUSE STAYING AWAY 
SHOWS HOW CLOSE WE ACTUALLY ARE.
YES, WE WILL SET UP TESTING AND 
TRACING AND DO WHATEVER WE NEED 
TO DO TO MOBILIZE TO WIN THIS 
BATTLE BECAUSE WE ARE AMERICA.
WE WIN WARS.
AND WE ARE THE GREATEST COUNTRY 
ON THE GLOBE.
AND FOR ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE
TEARS, OUR WAY WORKED.
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
WE SHOWED THAT OUR BETTER ANGELS
ARE STRONG AND THAT AMERICANS 
WOULD RISE TO THEIR CALL.
WE SAW THAT EVEN AT THE END OF 
THE DAY, EVEN IF IT IS A LONG 
DAY, THAT LOVE WINS.
AMERICANS' EYES HAVE BEEN 
OPENED, AND WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS
CRISIS THE TRUTH THAT GOVERNMENT
MATTERS, AND LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
AND IT DETERMINES WHETHER WE 
THRIVE AND GROW OVER WHETHER WE 
LIVE OR DIE.
NOW WE NEED A LEADER AS GOOD AS 
OUR PEOPLE, A LEADER WHO APPEALS
TO THE BEST WITHIN US, NOT THE 
WORST.
A LEADER WHO CAN UNIFY, NOT 
DIVIDE, A LEADER WHO CAN BRING 
US UP, NOT TEAR US DOWN.
I KNOW THAT MAN.
I'VE WORKED WITH THAT MAN.
I'VE SEEN HIS TALENT.
I'VE SEEN HIS STRENGTH.
I'VE SEEN HIS PAIN.
AND I'VE SEEN HIS HEART.
THAT MAN IS JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN IS WHAT I CALL AMERICA
TOUGH, TOUGH IN THE BEST WAY.
TOUGH THAT IS SMART, UNITED, 
DISCIPLINED, AND LOVING.
JOE BIDEN CAN RESTORE THE SOUL 
OF AMERICA.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR 
COUNTRY NEEDS TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM 
KRISTIN ORTIZA.
>> HI.
I'M KRISTIN ORKIZA.
I'M ONE OF THE MANY WHO HAVE 
LOST A LOVED ONE TO COVID.
MY DAD MARK ANTHONY ORKIZA 
SHOULD BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE 
ISN'T.
HE HAD FAITH IN DONALD TRUMP.
HE VOTED FOR HIM, LISTENED TO 
HIM, BELIEVED HIM AND HIS 
MOUTHPIECES WHEN THEY SAID THAT 
CORONAVIRUS WAS UNDER CONTROL 
AND GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
THAT IT WAS OKAY TO END SOCIAL 
DISTANCING RULES BEFORE IT WAS 
SAFE, AND THAT IF YOU HAD NO 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS, 
YOU'D PROBABLY BE FINE.
SO IN LATE MAY AFTER THE 
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER WAS LIFTED IN
ARIZONA, MY DAD WENT TO A 
KARAOKE BAR WITH HIS FRIENDS.
A FEW WEEKS LATER HE WAS PUT ON 
A VENTILATOR.
AND AFTER FIVE AGONIZING DAYS, 
HE DIED ALONE IN THE ICU WITH A 
NURSE HOLDING HIS HAND.
MY DAD WAS A HEALTHY 
65-YEAR-OLD.
HIS ONLY PRE-EXISTING CONDITION 
WAS TRUSTING DONALD TRUMP.
AND FOR THAT HE PAID WITH HIS 
LIFE.
I AM NOT ALONE.
ONCE I TOLD MY STORY, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME TO 
SHARE THEIRS.
THEY ASKED ME TO HELP THEM KEEP 
THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFE, 
ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR 
WHICH HAVE BEEN 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED.
THEY ASKED ME, A NORMAL PERSON, 
TO HELP.
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP WON'T.
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS MADE IT 
CLEAR THAT THERE ARE TWO 
AMERICAS.
THE AMERICA THAT DONALD TRUMP 
LIVES IN AND THE AMERICA THAT MY
FATHER DIED IN.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
DONALD TRUMP MAY NOT HAVE CAUSED
THE CORONAVIRUS, BUT HIS 
DISHONESTY AND HIS IRRESPONSIBLE
ACTIONS MADE IT SO MUCH WORSE.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO HAS A 
NATIONAL, COORDINATED 
DATA-DRIVEN RESPONSE TO STOP 
THIS PANDEMIC FROM CLAIMING MORE
LIVES AND TO SAFELY REOPEN THE 
COUNTRY.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO WILL STEP 
IN ON DAY ONE AND DO HIS JOB TO 
CARE.
ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT MY 
FATHER SAID TO ME WAS THAT HE 
FELT BETRAYED BY THE LIKES OF 
DONALD TRUMP.
AND SO WHEN I CAST MY VOTE FOR 
JOE BIDEN, I WILL DO IT FOR MY 
DAD.
>> THANK YOU, KRISTIN, FOR 
SHARING YOUR STORY.
OUR NATION GRIEVES FOR YOUR 
FATHER AND ALL THOSE WHO WE HAVE
LOST TO THIS VIRUS.
IT'S A TOLL THAT HASN'T FALLEN 
EQUALLY ON US.
PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED, 
DYING AT GREATER RATES THAN 
WHITE AMERICANS, BUT WE CAN 
HONOR ALL OF THOSE WE'VE LOST BY
GIVING JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN
PLACE A REAL NATIONAL PLAN THAT 
TESTS AND TRACKS, THAT MAKES 
SURE THAT ACCESS TO A VACCINE 
WILL BE FAIR, AND TURNS THE FULL
POWER OF OUR GOVERNMENT TOWARD 
MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE SUPPLIES
AND TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE, 
SCIENTISTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS AND CONTACT TRACERS.
WE NEED TO STOP THIS.
SO RIGHT NOW, LET'S HEAR FROM A 
CHAMPION FOR OUR FRONT LINE 
WORKERS WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE 
AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND A WORLD 
CUP CHAMPION, MEGAN RAPINOE.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS MEGAN RAPINOE.
AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR 
TODAY TO HOST A CONVERSATION 
WITH FOUR OF OUR FRONT LINE 
WORKERS HERE IN AMERICA.
WE SHOULD RENAME THEM HEROES, 
ABSOLUTELY.
CHUNG LEE, CAN YOU TELL US A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE 
DOING DURING THIS TIME?
>> THE SO, EARLY ON WHEN THE 
GOVERNMENT WAS STILL TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT PROPER PROTOCOLS TO 
PROTECT FRONT LINE WORKERS, I 
HAD UNFORTUNATELY CONTRACTED 
COVID THROUGH PATIENT CONTACT 
AND WAS ISOLATED BY MYSELF FOR 
TWO WEEKS.
FULL ISOLATION, NO CONTACT.
ONCE I RECOVERED, LUCKILY, I 
WENT BACK TO THE FRONT LINES TO 
CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF THE 
SICK.
AND WHAT GOT ME ORIGINALLY WAS 
WATCHING PEOPLE DIE ALONE.
THERE WERE NO VISITORS ALLOWED.
EVERYONE WAS TOTALLY ISOLATED, 
AND I KNEW HOW THAT FELT BECAUSE
FOR TWO WEEKS THAT WAS ME, NOT 
KNOWING IF YOU WERE GOING TO 
WAKE UP, NOT KNOWING IF YOU WERE
GOING TO MAKE IT, WHO YOU WERE 
GOING TO TALK TO, IF YOU COULD 
SAY GOOD-BYE.
THIS WAS PEOPLE'S MOMS, DADS, 
SONS, BROTHERS, SISTERS ALL 
DYING ALONE.
WE KNOW THERE'S A ROUND TWO 
COMING.
AND MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, 
EMOTIONALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW 
MANY OF US ON THE FRONT LINES 
ARE GOING TO SURVIVE THAT SECOND
ROUND.
>> DR. BRADLEY, WHAT EFFECTS ARE
YOU SEEING INSIDE YOUR HOSPITAL 
DOORS OF THE INACTION OF THE 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT 
COMES TO THIS COVID RESPONSE?
>> IT'S HEAVY.
I LEFT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 
IN TEARS AND SO HAVE A LOT OF MY
COLLEAGUES.
PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED AND WE'RE 
LOOKING AT THE TSUNAMI THAT'S 
COMING THIS WINTER WITH COVID 
AND INFLUENZA.
AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE 
WONDERING HOW IS OUR SYSTEM JUST
NOT GOING TO COLLAPSE.
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE COME WITH 
THEIR BROKEN ARMS OR THEY COME 
WITH THEIR HEART ATTACKS AND 
STROKES AND APPENDICITIS, WE'RE 
NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
>> WHAT WERE YOU SEEING IN THOSE
VERY EARLY DAYS THAT IT WAS NOT 
GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
DID YOU THINK IT WAS A HOAX 
THEN?
>> ABSOLUTELY WE KNEW THAT THIS 
WAS NOT A HOAX.
WE WERE CERTAIN OF IT.
ALL OF US KNEW FROM EXPERIENCE 
BACK IN 2009 WITH THE SWINE FLU.
WE KNEW WHAT A PANDEMIC WOULD 
LOOK LIKE.
WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE 
THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES AND 
THE PLANS IN PLACE.
BUT THEN WE HAVE THE INEPTITUDE 
AND THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP FROM 
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
I'VE SEEN THE WORST OF THE 
WORST.
NOT ONLY HAVE I ANSWERED 
THOUSANDS OF CALLS OF PEOPLE 
THAT ARE SICK, BUT PEOPLE THAT 
ARE DYING.
>> MICHELLE, TELL US A LITTLE 
BIT ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN FOR YOU 
ON THE FRONT LINES, WHAT YOUR 
SPECIFIC ROLE IS AS A UNION 
NURSE.
>> I'VE BEEN PRIMARILY MORE IN 
THE FOREFRONT ON ADVOCATING THAT
OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND OUR 
PATIENTS GET THE SUPPORT AND THE
PPE THAT THEY NEED.
YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO, I 
RESPONDED TO THE DISASTER IN 
HAITI.
WE WERE WORKING IN A TENT 
HOSPITAL AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME 
THAT I EVER FEARED FOR MY LIFE 
AND MY FAMILY'S WALKING INTO 
WORK WAS IN MY OWN COUNTRY.
WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE HAVE THE 
MEANS.
WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
WE ARE DEEPLY LACKING LEADERSHIP
AND SOMEBODY WHO CARES.
TRUMP HAS MADE IT PERFECTLY 
CLEAR HOW HE FEELS.
AND WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO 
CARES.
THAT'S JOE BIDEN.
>> DR. BRADLEY, AND ALL OF YOU, 
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FOREVER 
INDEBTED TO YOU TO YOUR WORK AND
YOUR SACRIFICE AND JUST YOU 
SHOWING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND 
GIVING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF 
THE WORK YOU DO ON THE FRONT 
LINE.
THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD EVER 
REPAY YOU.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
♪ RISE UP ♪
♪ COME ON, RISE UP ♪
>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND 
VETERANS AND SENIOR CITIZENS 
RELY ON THE POSTAL SYSTEM FOR 
PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES, FOR 
THEIR CHECKS.
>> HAVING THE POSTAL SERVICE TO 
DELIVER MY PRESCRIPTIONS BECAME 
EVEN MORE COMPLICATED WHEN THE 
COVID-19 VIRUS HIT US HERE IN 
THE UNITED STATES.
>> HOWEVER, NOW WITH DONALD 
TRUMP IN OFFICE AND HIS ATTEMPTS
TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED STATES 
POSTAL SERVICE, WE ARE EXTREMELY
CONCERNED.
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION'S 
DECISION NOT TO PROVIDE THE 
NECESSARY FUNDING TO THE UNITED 
STATES POSTAL SERVICE IS 
APPALLING.
>> I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE
MYELOMA.
VOTING BY MAIL IS OUR ONLY 
REALISTIC OPTION.
>> IN NO WAY DO I WANT MY 11 
GRANDCHILDREN TO GROW UP IN A 
WORLD WHERE THIS KIND OF 
SUPPRESSION EXISTS.
♪ RISE UP ♪
>> I'M SARAH GIDEN, AND I'M 
RUNNING TO REPRESENT MAINE IN 
THE U.S. SENATE.
EVERY DAY I SEE THE CARING AND 
RESILIENT SPIRIT THAT WILL GET 
US THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
AMERICANS ARE LOOKING OUT FOR 
ONE ANOTHER.
IT'S TIME WE HAD LEADERSHIP IN 
WASHINGTON THAT DID THE SAME.
WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND A DEMOCRATIC SENATE, I
KNOW WE CAN BUILD BACK OUR 
ECONOMY AND OUR COMMUNITIES EVEN
STRONGER.
BUT TONIGHT I AM HERE TO WELCOME
SOMEONE WHO HAS STRONG TIES TO 
OUR STATE AND IS HERE IN MAINE 
WITH ME.
SHE IS REMINDING ALL OF US TO 
KEEP FIGHTING THROUGH WITH HER 
SONG THAT SHE'S PERFORMING "BACK
IN MY BODY."
PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME SOMEONE 
WHO'S AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF 
US AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE 
ARTISTS, MAGGIE ROGERS.
♪
♪ I WAS STOPPED IN LONDON WHEN I
FELT IT COMING DOWN ♪
♪ CRUSHING ALL AROUND ME WITH 
THE GREAT TRIUMPHANT SOUND ♪
♪ THE DAM WAS BREAKING AND MY 
MIND CAME RUSHING IN ♪
♪ I WAS STOPPED IN LONDON WHERE 
I WAS AWAKENING ♪
♪ I, I, I ♪
♪ I WAS IN PARIS WHEN I ALMOST 
RAN AWAY ♪
♪ TWO TIMES ROUND AND BACK 
BEFORE I DECIDED TO STAY ♪
♪
♪ SPENT ANOTHER DAY PRETENDING I
WAS OVER IT ♪
♪ THIS TIME I KNOW I'M 
FIGHTING ♪
♪ THIS TIME I KNOW I'M BACK IN 
MY ♪
♪ THIS TIME I KNOW I'M 
FIGHTING ♪
♪ THIS TIME I KNOW I'M ♪
♪ BORDER DOWN OF ANYWHERE I 
FOUND MYSELF AND I WAS GOING 
EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ THIS TIME I KNOW I'M 
FIGHTING ♪
♪ THIS TIME I KNOW I'M BACK IN 
MY BODY ♪
♪ BACK IN MY BODY OH ♪
♪ BACK IN MY BODY OH ♪
♪ I'M BACK IN MY BODY OH OH ♪
♪ OH OH ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪
>> WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 
HIT, ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT 
WERE MY STUDENTS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> ALL THE SUFFERING AND PAIN 
AND DEATH THAT REALLY DIDN'T 
HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
>> IF WE HAD LEADERSHIP IN PLACE
THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THIS 
PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY IN THE 
BEGINNING, WE WOULD NOT BE IN 
THE SITUATION WE ARE IN NOW.
>> WE STILL AT THIS TIME DON'T 
HAVE THE NECESSARY PPE. 
>> AND I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT 
WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE CLASSROOMS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN SANITIZED BECAUSE WE DON'T 
HAVE MONEY FOR THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLASSROOMS 
PACKED WITH STUDENTS, SO THE 
VIRUS IS GOING TO BE HARD TO 
CONTAIN.
SO THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR 
THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS. 
>> I HOPE THE NEW LEADERSHIP 
TAKES AMERICAN LIVES SERIOUSLY. 
>> I KNOW JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS 
THAT THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE AND OUR ECONOMY STRONG IS 
TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
DOCTORS.
WE'RE GOING TO GO DO EVERYTHING 
WE CAN TO GET JOE BIDEN ELECTED.
♪
>> HELLO, AMERICA.
I'M GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, 
OR AS DONALD TRUMP CALLS ME, 
THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN.
TONIGHT I'M HERE AT UAW LOCAL 
652 IN LANSING, MICHIGAN.
AUTO WORKERS IN THIS UNION AND 
ACROSS OUR STATE COULD HAVE LOST
THEIR JOBS IF NOT FOR BARACK 
OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN.
IN 2009, THE OBAMA/BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION INHERITED THE 
WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE 
GREAT DEPRESSION.
THE AUTO INDUSTRY ON THE BRINK 
OF COLLAPSE 1 MILLION JOBS AT 
STAKE, BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND 
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DIDN'T 
WASTE TIME BLAMING ANYONE ELSE 
OR SHIRKING THE 
RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY GOT TO WORK.
THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER UNION 
MEMBERS, COMPANIES, AND 
LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 
AISLE AND THEY SAVED THE AUTO 
INDUSTRY.
WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW 
MONTHS AGO AS OUR NATION BEGAN 
BATTLING COVID-19, AUTO WORKERS 
ACROSS MICHIGAN SPRANG INTO 
ACTION.
THEY STARTED MAKING PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES
ON THE FRONT LINES.
LET ME BREAK IT DOWN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAVED THESE AUTO
WORKERS' LIKELIHOODS.
THESE WORKERS DID THEIR PART TO 
SAVE AMERICAN LIVES.
THAT'S THE STORY OF THIS GREAT 
NATION, ACTION BEGETS ACTION.
PROGRESS BEGETS PROGRESS.
AND WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WE 
CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
AFTER ALL, DEMOCRACY IS A TEAM 
SPORT, ESPECIALLY NOW.
IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE RALLY 
TOGETHER TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS AND
BUILD OUR ECONOMY BACK BETTER.
FROM THE JUMP WE TOOK THIS 
PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY IN MICHIGAN.
WE LISTENED TO MEDICAL EXPERTS, 
WE PLANNED, AND WITH A LOT OF 
WORK FROM THE AUTO WORKERS AND 
TOO LITTLE HELP FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE, WE EXECUTED OUR PLAN.
WE SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
JUST IMAGINE IF WE HAD A 
NATIONAL STRATEGY SO EVERYONE 
WHO NEEDS A TEST GETS ONE FOR 
FREE, SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO 
A SAFE VACCINE, SO OUR KIDS AND 
EDUCATORS HAVE THE RESOURCES 
THEY NEED TO SAFELY GET BACK TO 
SCHOOL.
WITH JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WE WILL.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS WILL
LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
IT'LL BE SCIENCE, NOT POLITICS 
OR EGO THAT WILL DRIVE THEIR 
DECISIONS.
THEY KNOW THE HEALTH OF OUR 
PEOPLE GOES HAND IN HAND WITH 
THE STRENGTH OF OUR ECONOMY.
THEY KNOW ACTION BEGETS ACTION.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE 
LEARNED WHAT'S ESSENTIAL.
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, NOT 
DENYING IT.
WE'VE LEARNED WHO IS ESSENTIAL 
TOO.
NOT JUST THE WEALTHIEST AMONG 
US, NOT A PRESIDENT WHO FIGHTS 
HIS FELLOW AMERICANS, RATHER 
THAN FIGHT THE VIRUS THAT'S 
KILLING US AND OUR ECONOMY.
IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR 
OWN HEALTH AT RISK TO CARE FOR 
THE REST OF US.
THEY ARE THE MVPs.
THE NURSES AND THE DOCTORS, THE 
UTILITY WORKERS, TRUCK DRIVERS 
AND GROCERY CLERKS, THE CHILD 
CARE WORKERS, THE PARENTS, THE 
TEACHERS, THE MAIL CARRIERS, AND
THE AUTO WORKERS.
SO MANY OF THESE ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO
COVID.
NEARLY 1,000 HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, MORE THAN 170,000 
PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA, INCLUDING
A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL NAMED SKYLAR 
FROM DETROIT WHOSE MOM IS A 
POLICE OFFICER AND DAD IS A 
FIREFIGHTER.
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, OUR
NATION HAS BEEN DEFINED BY WHAT 
WE DO OR WHAT WE FAIL TO DO.
SO FOR SKYLER, FOR HER PARENTS, 
AND IN THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE 
WE'VE LOST, LET US ACT.
LET US HEAL AS ONE NATION.
LET US FIND STRENGTH TO DO THE 
WORK.
♪
♪
♪ I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD 
BEFORE ♪
♪ I REMEMBER EVERY DREAM ♪
♪ EVERY SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS ♪
♪ HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME ♪
♪ AND I REMEMBER EVERY TOWN AND 
EVERY HOTEL ROOM ♪
♪ EVERY SONG I EVER SANG ON A 
GUITAR OUT OF TUNE ♪
♪ AND I REMEMBER EVERY NIGHT THE
OCEAN BLUE ♪
♪ I WILL MISS YOU IN THE MORNING
LIGHT ♪
♪ LIKE ROSES MISS THE DEW ♪
>>> WE, THE PEOPLE, MEANS ALL 
THE PEOPLE, EVEN WITH THOSE WE 
MIGHT NOT AGREE, EVEN THOSE WE 
MIGHT NOT EXPECT TO SEE AT A 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
BUT JOE BIDEN IS A GUY WHO HAS 
EARNED THE RESPECT HE COMMANDS 
ACROSS THE WORLD AND ACROSS THE 
AISLE.
THE STAKES IN THIS ELECTION CALL
FOR THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MORE THAN
ONE PARTY.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE VERY 
CORE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ABOUT TO 
HEAR FROM SOME UNEXPECTED 
VOICES.
>> I'M GOVERNOR.
I'M A LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN.
MY PARENTS WERE INTRODUCED AT A 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
BY THEIR PARENTS.
THAT'S HOW FAR BACK IT GOES.
BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT A 
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
IT'S ABOUT A PERSON.
A PERSON DECENT ENOUGH, STABLE 
ENOUGH, STRONG ENOUGH TO GET OUR
ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK, A PERSON 
WHO CAN WORK WITH EVERYONE, 
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GET
THINGS DONE.
DONALD TRUMP ISN'T THAT PERSON.
JOE BIDEN IS.
>> I'M MEGAWHITMAN, A LONGTIME 
REPUBLICAN AND A LONGTIME CEO.
LET ME TELL YOU, DONALD TRUMP 
HAS NO CLUE HOW TO RUN A 
BUSINESS, LET ALONE AN ECONOMY.
JOE BIDEN ON THE OTHER HAND HAS 
A PLAN THAT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR 
ECONOMY FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND 
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
FOR ME, THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE.
I'M WITH JOE.
>> HI, I'M SUSAN MOLLNARY.
I'M A FORMER REPUBLICAN MEMBER 
OF CONGRESS FROM NEW YORK CITY, 
AND I'VE KNOWN DONALD TRUMP FOR 
MOST OF MY POLITICAL CAREER.
SO DISAPPOINTING AND LATELY SO 
DISTURBING.
NOW, I'VE ALSO GOTTEN TO KNOW 
AND WORK WITH JOE BIDEN ON 
ISSUES RELATED TO WOMEN THAT ARE
SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, WOMEN
IN BUSINESS, VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN.
THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD TO CALL 
HIM MY FRIEND AND HONORED TO 
JOIN IN SUPPORT OF HIS CANDIDACY
FOR PRESIDENT.
HE'S A REALLY GOOD MAN AND HE'S 
EXACTLY WHAT THIS NATION NEEDS 
AT THIS TIME.
NOW I'M DELIGHTED AND HONORED TO
INTRODUCE A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF 
MINE, THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN 
FROM OHIO, THE FORMER GOVERNOR 
OF OHIO, JOHN KASICH. 
>> AMERICA IS AT A CROSS ROADS, 
SOMETIMES ELECTIONS REPRESENT A 
REAL CHOICE, A CHOICE WE MAKE AS
INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION 
ABOUT WHICH PATH TWOEFWE WANT T 
TAKE.
AMERICA IS AT THOSE CROSS-ROADS 
TODAY.
THE STAKES ARE GREATER THAN IN 
ANY MODERN TIMES.
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN DEEPLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CURRENT PATH
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR THE 
PAST FOUR YEARS.
IT'S A PATH THAT'S LED TO 
DIVISION, DISFUNCTION AND 
GROWING VITRIOL.
CONTINUING ON THAT PATH WILL 
HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR AMERICA'S 
SOUL BECAUSE WE'RE BEING TAKEN 
DOWN BY THE WRONG ROAD THAT HAS 
PITTED ONE AGAINST THE OTHER.
HE'S UNLIKE ALL OF OUR BEST 
LEADERS FROM HIM WHO WORKED TO 
UNITE US, TO BRIDGE OUR 
DIFFERENCES, AND LEAD US TO A 
UNITED AMERICA.
I'M A LIFE-LONG REPUBLICAN.
BUT THAT ATTACHMENT HOLDS SECOND
PLACE TO MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MY
COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY I'VE CHOSEN TO APPEAR
AT THIS CONVENTION.
IN NORMAL TIMES, SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS WOULD PROBABLY NEVER 
HAPPEN, BUT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL
TIMES.
I'M PROUD OF MY REPUBLICAN 
HERITAGE.
IT'S THE PARTY OF LINCOLN WHO 
REFLECTED ITS FOR HOW LONG 
PRINCIPLES OF UNITY AND A HIGHER
PURPOSE.
BUT WHAT I HAVE WITNESSED THESE 
PAST FOUR YEARS BELIES THOSE 
PRINCIPLES.
MANY OF US CAN'T IMAGINE FOUR 
MORE YEARS GOING DOWN THIS PATH,
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO
JOIN WITH ME IN CHOOSING A 
BETTER WAY FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THE BEST OF AMERICA 
LIES AHEAD, BUT ONLY WHEN WE 
REDISCOVERED OUR SHARED BELIEF 
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, WHICH
CAN BE BRIGHT, HOPEFUL, AND 
INSPIRED IF WE CHOOSE TO MAKE IT
SO.
I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR 30 
YEARS.
I KNOW HIS STORY OF PROFOUND 
GRIEF THAT HAS SO DEEPLY 
AFFECTED HIS CHARACTER.
I KNOW JOE IS A GOOD MAN, A MAN 
OF FAITH, A UNIFIER, SOMEONE WHO
UNDERSTAND THE HOPES AND DREAMS 
OF THE COMMON MAN AND THE COMMON
WOMAN, A MAN WHO CAN HELP US TO 
SEE THE HUMANITY IN EACH OTHER.
HE KNOWS THAT THE PATH TO 
RESTORE AND REJUVENATE AMERICA 
LIES IN RESPECT AND UNITY AND A 
COMMON PURPOSE FOR EVERYONE.
YES, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE JOE 
AND I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE, BUT 
THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE THAT'S AMERICA.
BECAUSE WHATEVER OUR 
DIFFERENCES, WE RESPECT ONE 
ANOTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS.
EACH OF US SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE
AND FOR PURPOSE.
WE CAN ALL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON 
IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY AND ALL THE
QUESTIONS THAT ARE FACING US, 
AND NO ONE PERSON OR PARTY HAS 
ALL THE ANSWERS.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE 
CAN DO BETTER THAN WHAT'VE BEEN 
SEEING TODAY FOR SURE, AND I 
KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN WITH HIS 
EXPERIENCE AND HIS WISDOM AND 
HIS DECENCY CAN BRING US 
TOGETHER TO HELP US FIND THAT 
BETTER WAY.
I'M SURE THERE ARE REPUBLICANS 
AND INDEPENDENTS WHO COULDN'T 
IMAGINE CROSSING OVER TO SUPPORT
A DEMOCRAT.
THEY FEAR JOE MAY TURN SHARP 
LEFT AND LEAD THEM BEHIND.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I 
KNOW THE MEASURE OF THE MAN, 
IT'S REASONABLE, FAITHFUL, 
RESPECTFUL, AND, YOU KNOW, NO 
ONE PUSHES JOE AROUND.
JOE BIDEN IS A MAN FOR OUR 
TIMES, TIMES THAT CALL FOR ALL 
OF US TO TAKE OFF OUR PARTISAN 
HATS AND PUT OUR NATION FIRST 
FOR OURSELVES AND, OF COURSE, 
FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WHEN AMERICA CHOOSES THE RIGHT 
PATH AND PULLS TOGETHER, LIKE 
WE'VE DONE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE,
WE CAN DREAM BIG DREAMS AND WE 
CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN 
AS A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
WITH THE SOUL THAT IS A BEACON 
OF FREEDOM TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
♪
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TERRY 
WILLIAMS AND I'VE BEEN A 
REPUBLICAN FOR ME WHOLE LIFE. 
>> A LIFE-LONG REPUBLICAN. 
>> LIFE-LONG REPUBLICAN. 
>> I'VE BEEN A LONG-STANDING 
REPUBLICAN AND I'M TELLING YOU, 
YOU GOT TO VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> I HAVE VOTED FOR AND 
CAMPAIGNED FOR REPUBLICANS SINCE
THE REAGAN YEARS BUT I WON'T BE 
VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
>> WE NEED A POSITIVE LEADER, 
SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK WITH BOTH 
SIDES, REPUBLICANS AND THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN DEAL 
WITH THE TYPE OF PERSON WE HAVE 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANY LONGER. 
>> VOTE, AMERICA.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT 
OF THIS.
AND JOE BIDEN IS JUST THE PERSON
TO ENSURE WE GET OUR LIVES BACK 
TO NORMAL. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS A DECENT MAN 
WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE TO AMERICA. 
>> HE WILL RESTORE ORDER AND 
INTEGRITY TO THE EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH. 
>> I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE 
ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER. 
>> AND HOPEFULLY RETURN OUR 
COUNTRY'S POLITICAL DISCOURSE 
BACK TO SOME MEASURE OF NORMALCY
AND DECENCY. 
>> I'M SURE, I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE
HE'S GOING TO HELP US BRING THIS
COUNTRY TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
♪
>> AND NOW FROM ALABAMA, SENATOR
DOUG JONES.
>> I'M SENATOR DOUG JONES FROM 
THE GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA.
GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH MEANT 
GROWING UP IN THE MIDST OF STARK
DIVISIONS, BUT IT WAS HERE IN 
ALABAMA WHERE ROSA PARKS HELPED 
IGNITE A MOVEMENT BY REFUSING TO
GIVING UP HER SEAT ON A BUS, 
WHERE FREEDOM RIDERS CAME 
TOGETHER IN PURSUIT OF EQUALITY.
IT WAS HERE WHERE JOHN LEWIS 
MARCHED ACROSS A BRIDGE FOR 
FREEDOM.
I KNEW THE HOPE THAT COMES FROM 
PEOPLE HEALING OUR DIVISIONS.
IT'S WHAT LED ME TO BECOME THE 
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY WHERE I 
CONVICTED TWO KLANSMEN AND 
DELIVERED LONG OVERDUE JUSTICE.
ALABAMA SHOWS OUR DEEPEST 
DIVISIONS CAN BE OVERCOME 
BECAUSE EACH OF US WANTS THE 
SAME THING, TO BE TREATED FAIRLY
AND GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES
AND THE FREEDOM TO LIVE WITH 
DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
NOW SOME POLITICIANS TRY TO PIT 
US AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT I 
BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS HAVE MORE
IN COMMON THAN WHAT DIVIDES US.
IN NOVEMBER WE HAVE A CHANCE TO 
ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES 
THAT TOO.
I'VE KNOWN JOE FOR MORE THAN 40 
YEARS.
I MET HIM AS A WIDE-EYED LAW 
STUDENT.
HE'S BEEN MY FRIEND AND CHAMPION
EVER SINCE.
THE JOE I KNOW IS EXACTLY THE 
LEADER OUR COUNTRY NEEDS RIGHT 
NOW.
HE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO 
FIND COMMON GROUND WHILE 
STANDING UP FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES
IS RIGHT.
AFTER YEARS OF BITTER 
PARTISANSHIP, HE CAN UNITE OUR 
COUNTRY AND GET THINGS DONE FOR 
WORKING FAMILIES AND EVERYONE 
LOOKING FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT SIDE
OF THE AISLE WE'RE ON, IT'S 
WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ON THE SIDE
OF THE PEOPLE.
THE GREAT JOHN LEWIS WOULD OFTEN
QUOTE THE OLD AFRICAN PROVERB, 
WHEN YOU PRAY, MOVE YOUR FEET, 
AND THEN CHALLENGE US TO DO JUST
THAT.
AS A NATION, HE SAID, IF WE CARE
FOR THE BELOVED COMMUNITY, WE 
MUST MOVE OUR FEET, OUR HANDS, 
OUR RESOURCES TO BUILD AND NOT 
TEAR DOWN, TO RECONCILE AND NOT 
TO DIVIDE, TO LOVE AND NOT TO 
HATE, TO HEAL AND NOT TO KILL.
AND THE FINAL ANALYSIS, WE ARE 
ONE PEOPLE, ONE FAMILY, ONE 
HOUSE, THE AMERICAN HOUSE, THE 
AMERICAN FAMILY.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN UNDERSTANDS
THAT, AND HE IS WHO WE NEED AS 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
>> HERE WE ARE ON A MONDAY NIGHT
IN 2020.
AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE 
POST OFFICE.
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.
IT IS CENTRAL TO SO MUCH OF OUR 
LIVES.
VETERANS COUNT ON THE POST 
OFFICE TO GET THEIR 
PRESCRIPTIONS.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARIES 
COUNT ON THE POST OFFICE.
GRANDPARENTS KPOEND THE POST 
OFFICE TO SEND CARDS TO THEIR 
GRABBED KIDS.
WE NEED THE POST OFFICE TO DO 
BUSINESS.
AND GUESS WHAT, THE POST OFFICE 
IS ALSO ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAST 
OUR VOTES.
TO FIND OUT HOW TO EXERCISE THAT
RIGHT THIS NOVEMBER, WHETHER BY 
MAIL OR IN PERSON, TEXT VOTE TO 
30330.
HERE TO SAY MORE IS THE FIRST 
LATINA ELECTED TO THE SENATE, 
SENATOR CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO.
>> HELLO.
I'M SENATOR CATHERINE CORTEZ 
MASTO FROM NEVADA.
THIS YEAR MORE AMERICANS THAN 
EVER BEFORE ARE GOING TO VOTE 
FROM ROOMS JUST LIKE THIS, 
MARKING THEIR BALLOTS AT THE 
KITCHEN TABLE AND EXERCISING ONE
OF OUR MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 
FROM HOME.
BUT DESPITE WHAT THE PRESIDENT 
SAYS, VOTING BY MAIL HAS BEEN A 
SECURE, PROVEN OPTION FOR 
DECADES.
IN 2016, 33 MILLION AMERICANS 
VOTED BY MAIL.
EVEN DONALD TRUMP HAS REQUESTED 
AN ABOUT TEE BALLOT TWICE THIS 
YEAR.
THIS FALL, SOME AMERICANS WILL 
CHOOSE TO VOTE IN A VOTING BOOTH
WITH A MASK ON, WHILE MANY OF US
WILL CHOOSE TO VOTE BY MAIL.
MY HOME STATE TOOK THE ADVICE OF
SCIENTISTS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS 
AND LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE OF 
NEVADA TO PUT IN PLACE A 
VOTE-BY-MAIL SYSTEM SO VOTERS 
HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS THIS FALL.
BUT DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO 
DIVIDE US BY UNDERMINING THAT 
RIGHT.
HE HAS THREATENED TO WITHHOLD 
FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE OF OUR 
SYSTEM.
THAT'S FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS AND 
SENIORS RELY ON.
HE'S CHALLENGED US IN COURT WITH
A MERITLESS LAWSUIT, ONE THAT 
OUR REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF 
STATE HAS ASKED THE JUDGE TO 
DISMISS.
AND NOW HE IS PUTTING THE LIVES 
OF NEVADA'S SENIORS AT RISK BY 
TRYING TO DEFUND THE POST 
OFFICE.
HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
SENIORS WON'T BE ABLE TO GET 
THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS BECAUSE HE 
WANTS TO WIN AN ELECTION.
WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, NEVADA IS 
NOT INTIMATED BY YOU.
AMERICA IS NOT INTIMATED BY YOU.
WE ARE UNITED BY SHARED VALUES, 
SHARED HISTORY, AND SHARED 
RIGHTS, INCLUDING OUR 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND THIS FALL WE WILL SEND JOE 
BIDEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND 
WE'LL FLIP THE U.S. SENATE.
WITH MITCH McCONNELL OUT OF 
POWER AND A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY 
IN THE SENATE, WE WILL EXPAND 
VOTING ACCESS AND PROTECT VOTING
RIGHTS.
TO DO THIS, AMERICA, WE NEED YOU
ON OUR SIDE.
SO GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM RIGHT NOW 
TO CHIP IN, AND THEN HEAD OVER 
TO FLIP THE SENATE.COM TO HELP 
US TAKE BACK THE SENATE.
DONALD TRUMP AND MITCH McCONNELL
KNOW HOW TO DIVIDE, BUT WE KNOW 
HOW TO STAND TOGETHER AND TURN 
THIS COUNTRY AROUND.
>> THIS YEAR WE HAD AN HISTORIC 
FIELD OF PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES, AN HISTORIC NUMBER 
OF WOMEN, INCLUDING OUR VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, KAMALA 
HARRIS, MORE CANDIDATES OF COLOR
THAN ANY PRIMARY EVER, AND THE 
FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO WIN A 
CAUCUS.
THIS PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, WELCOMES EVERYONE, 
ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO LEAD, AND
INVITES EVERYONE'S IDEAS TO 
ENSURE THIS COUNTRY BUILDS BACK 
BETTER.
THIS IS WHAT OUR NEXT SPEAKER 
BELIEVES TOO, SENATOR AMY 
KLOBUCHAR.
>> HELLO, AMERICA.
LIKE MY FRIEND, KATHERINE, I 
BELIEVE THAT THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
IS FUNDAMENTAL AND THE POST 
OFFICE IS ESSENTIAL.
YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT MAY HATE
THE POST OFFICE, BUT HE'S STILL 
GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THEM A 
CHANGE OF ADDRESS CARD COME 
JANUARY.
DONALD TRUMP JUST HAPPENS TO BE 
IN MY STATE TODAY TRYING TO 
DIVIDE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF 
RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC AND 
THE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS OF OUR 
ECONOMY.
BUT DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, 
AND, YES, MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE 
HAD ENOUGH OF HIS DIVISIVENESS.
TONIGHT, MY FRIENDS, IN 
CONTRAST, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT 
HOW WE CAN UNITE AS AMERICANS, 
ABOUT HOUR SHARED VALUES, OUR 
SHARED DREAMS, HOW WE'VE COME 
TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF CRISIS.
BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR, UNITY 
ISN'T ABOUT SETTLING, IT'S ABOUT
STRIVING FOR SOMETHING MORE.
IT ISN'T THE END, IT'S THE 
MEANS.
IT'S HOW WE GET STUFF DONE.
UNITY IS ABOUT REACHING UP 
TOWARD A HIGHER PURPOSE, A 
BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US, E 
PLURIBUS YOUNUM, OUT OF MANY, O.
IT IS THE NORTH STAR FOR OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED A 
PRESIDENT TO EITUNITE THIS COUN.
WE NEED SOMEONE IN GEORGE 
FLOYD'S MONEY, INSTEAD OF USING 
A BIBLE AS A PROP WILL HEED ITS 
WORDS, TO ACT JUSTLY.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT FOR THE 
WORKERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS
BECAUSE THIS ADMINISTRATION IS 
SELLING AMERICAN WORKERS OUT 
WHEN WE NEED TO BUY AMERICAN.
FOR THE FARMERS AND 
MANUFACTURERS AND THE PEOPLE OF 
RUMOR AMERICA SICK AND TIRED OF 
REAPING WHAT HE'S SOWN.
WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR SENIORS 
LIKE MY DAD, WHOSE FAMILIES 
VISIT THEM THROUGH GLASS 
WINDOWS, NEVER KNOWING IF IT 
WILL BE THE LAST TIME THEY SEE 
THEM.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF 
AMERICA.
I COME FROM THE MIDDLE OF THIS 
COUNTRY WHERE WE BELIEVE IN 
PEOPLE JOINING TOGETHER TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS.
WE SEEK COMMON GROUND TO REACH 
HIGHER GROUND.
THAT'S BEEN JOE BIDEN'S LIFE'S 
WORK.
HE'S A MAN OF SCRAPPY, WORKING 
CLASS ROOTS, A MAN WHOSE OWN 
HARDSHIPS MADE HIM MORE 
DETERMINED TO LIFT UP THOSE 
WHO'VE BEEN LEFT OUT.
HE UNDERSTANDS REDEMPTION AND HE
KNOWS RESILIENCE.
JOE BIDEN IS A MAN OF DEEP 
EXPERIENCE.
BARACK OBAMA, BETTER KNOWN 
TONIGHT AS MICHELLE'S HUSBAND, 
HE LEANED ON JOE FOR HIS 
STRENGTH AND DECENCY AND YOU CAN
TOO.
YOU KNOW, MOST CANDIDATES, WHEN 
THEY END THEIR CAMPAIGN, THAT 
DAY IS A HARD ONE.
FOR ME, IT WAS A MOMENT FILLED 
WITH GREAT JOY BECAUSE THE DAY I
ENDED MY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 
WAS ALSO THE DAY I ENDORSED JOE 
BIDEN.
JOE RAN FOR THE SAME REASONS I 
DID WHEN I ANNOUNCED MY CAMPAIGN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BLIZZARD 
ON THE BLANANKS OF THE MANIPULA 
RIVER.
TO BRING THIS NATION TOGETHER, 
TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF 
AMERICA.
AS I SAID THE DAY I ENDORSED 
HIM, IF YOU FEEL STUCK IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE EXTREMES IN OUR 
POLITICS, IF YOU ARE TIRED OF 
THE NOISE AND THE NONSENSE, YOU 
HAVE A HOME WITH ME AND YOU HAVE
A HOME WITH JOE BIDEN.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SO PROUD TO 
STAND WITH HIM THEN AND ACROSS 
THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL NOW 
STANDING UNITED BEHIND JOE AND 
MY FRIEND, KAMALA.
OUR NATION'S MOTTO IS OUT OF 
MANY, ONE.
AND AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, IT'S
ALSO THE STORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY.
THANK YOU, AMERICA.
♪
>> WE ALL WANT A PRESIDENT 
MOTIVATED FOR THE SAME REASONS. 
>> AS I WATCHED PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY MORE AND 
MORE, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT 
ARE YOU WILLING TO DO TO STOP 
HIM?
>> YOU HAD THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE,
HATEFUL, RACIST PRESIDENT IN THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY WHO IS 
LITERALLY TEARING APART THE 
FABRIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> DONALD TRUMP IS A FAILED 
BUSINESS PERSON AND DESPERATELY 
FAILED AS A PRESIDENT. 
>> I RAN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S URGENT WE HEAL THE 
DIVISIONS IN THIS NATION. 
>> WE'RE STILL IN CONTROL OF OUR
OWN FUTURE. 
>> WE NEED TO PROVIDE MILLIONS 
OF AMERICANS A REAL PATH 
FORWARD. 
>> A GREEN JOBS PROGRAM. 
>> INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE. 
>> PASSING A NATIONAL PAID LEAVE
BILL. 
>> STONE DEBT. 
>> MENTAL HEALTH STARTING WITH 
OUR VETERANS. 
>> REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE. 
>> ECONOMIC JUSTICE. 
>> RACIAL JUSTICE. 
>> AND THERE IS SO MUCH A NEW 
PRESIDENT CAN DO TO BRING US 
TOGETHER. 
>> IT'S TIME TO GET UP.
>> STARTING A PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN IS DAUNTING.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO REACH 
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 
>> YOU HAVE THESE INCREDIBLY 
LONG DAYS, OFTEN CAPPED OFF BY 
THESE EVENING EVENTS THAT GO ON 
FOR HOURS AND HOURS. 
>> YOU'RE CHALLENGE AS A 
CANDIDATE IS TO BE TRUE TO 
YOURSELF AND TRUE TO WHY YOU RAN
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT IS SOMETHING I ADMIRE ABOUT
JOE BIDEN.
HE REALLY IS HIS OWN MAN.
HE KNOWS WHO HE IS.
>> JOE BIDEN IS SOMEBODY WHO 
DEEPLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE, 
PEOPLE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, WHO
ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND OR BEING 
IGNORED. 
>> I'M A DACA RECIPIENT, AND I 
OWE YOU EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> AND YOU'RE STAYING, MAN. 
>> HE'S HAD SOME HARD TIMES IN 
HIS LIFE.
HE HAD SOME LOSSES IN HIS LIFE.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING 
THAT PEOPLE RELATE TO. 
>> YOU'RE DOING OKAY?
>> YEP.
CLOSE TO 15 YEARS CANCER FREE. 
>> GOD LOVE YOU. 
>> I WAS AT A SERVICE FOR FOUR 
FALLEN AFGHANISTAN SOLDIERS AND 
I SAW THOSE FAMILIES WHO WERE SO
COMFORTED BY JOE BIDEN.
WHEN THEY WALKED OUT, THEY KNEW 
SOMEONE CARED FOR THEM, SOMEONE 
COULD RELATE TO THEIR OWN PAIN 
THEY WERE HAVING.
WE NEED THAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> I REMEMBER STANDING SIDE BY 
SIDE WITH HIM ON THE DEBATE 
STAGE AND WE WERE HAVING A GO OF
IT.
BUT WHAT WAS REMARKABLE TO ME 
WAS IN THE COMMERCIAL BREAK HE 
PUTS HIS ARM AROUND ME AND 
STARTS TELLING ME HOW GOOD MY 
IDEAS ARE.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I FEEL 
LIKE HE'S GIVING ME A PEP TALK 
AND LITERALLY TELLING ME HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS, HOW REALLY 
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT I'M ON THAT
STAGE. 
>> JOE CALLED ME THE NIGHT I 
SUSPENDED AND WAS 
EXTRAORDINARILY GRACIOUS AND 
COMFORTING AND HE TOLD ME I 
SHOULD BE PROUD OF MYSELF.
HE SAID THAT I DID MYSELF AND MY
FAMILY A REAL SERVICE AND THE 
COUNTRY A SERVICE, AND THAT 
MEANT A LOT COMING FROM JOE. 
>> LOOK, IT'S NOT EASY TO UNITE 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE'RE A RAMBUNCTIOUS GROUP.
JOE BIDEN HAS PULLED IT OFF. 
>> HE WANTS TO GET THE BEST 
IDEAS ON THE TABLE SO WE CAN 
MOVE FORWARD IN THE BEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
>> HE'S INCLUDED MY FAMILY BILL 
OF RIGHTS. 
>> HE'S UNIFIED OUR GROUP AROUND
A CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY. 
>> THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF 
RIGHTS, I'M EXCITED THAT'S IN 
THERE. 
>> HE'S THE KIND OF LEADER THAT 
BRINGS OTHER LEADERS IN. 
>> THIS IS A GUY THAT'S GOING TO
WALK INTO THE OVAL OFFICE AND 
NOT HAVE TO FIND HIS WAY AROUND.
HE'LL ACTUALLY WALK IN AND WILL 
HAVE ALREADY SORT OF HONED THE 
INSTINCTS HE NEEDS TO LEAD THE 
MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH 
THROUGH A CRISIS. 
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, DONALD 
TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHO WE
ARE AS AMERICANS.
HE REALLY DOESN'T.
>> THIS IS A GUY THAT BLAMES 
EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, HE BLAMES THE CITY OF 
BALTIMORE.
HE BLAMES THE COUNTRY OF 
DENMARK.
HE BLAMES THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA FOR CUTTING HIM OUT OF 
THE CANADIAN VERSION OF "HOME 
ALONE 2."
WHO DOES THAT?
>> THERE ARE NO SIDELINES.
THERE'S NO SITTING THIS ONE OUT.
THERE'S NO HOPING THAT SOMEONE 
ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND 
SAVE THE DAY.
THERE IS NO CAVALRY.
WE ARE THE CAVALRY.
>> THE MOMENT HAS FOUND THE 
PERSON.
THAT PERSON IS JOE BIDEN.
>> JOE HAS MY VOTE BECAUSE HE 
WILL BRING DECENCY AND DIGNITY 
BACK FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> WE HAVE ONE SHOT TO MAKE 
DONALD TRUMP A ONE-TERM 
PRESIDENT, AND THAT SHOT IS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> IT'S JOE TIME!
IT'S JOE TIME!
>> NEXT PRESIDENT RIGHT HERE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE
TOUGH RIGHT NOW ECONOMICALLY, 
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BEAT 
DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER, WE 
NEED YOUR HELP.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GO TO 
JOEBIDEN.COM AND CHIP IN $5, 
$10, WHATEVER YOU CAN TO FUND 
THE CHANGE WE NEED TO SAVE OUR 
DEMOCRACY, BECAUSE EVERY BIT 
MATTERS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO 
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
NO ONE KNOWS THAT MORE THAN OUR 
NEXT SPEAKER, THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
COCHAIR, REPRESENTATIVE CEDRIC 
RICHMOND FROM NEW ORLEANS, 
LOUISIANA.
>> THINK ABOUT THE PLACES THAT 
MAKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL LIKE
HOME, THE BARBARERSHOP, THE 
RESTAURANT WHERE THEY KNOW 
YOU'RE ORDER BY HEART OR THIS 
ART STUDIO WHERE A CREATIVE GUY 
WITH A TON OF HUSTLE CAN TURN AN
ABANDONED BUILDING INTO A SECOND
HOME FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, ECONOMISTS WILL TELL 
YOU THAT SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE 
THIS ONE ARE CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT TO OUR RECOVERY.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO JUST PLAYING IT
FOR YOU.
WITHOUT THEM, THE PLACES WE CALL
HOME JUST WOULDN'T BE THE SAME.
THAT'S THE THING JOE BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS THAT DONALD TRUMP 
NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY, 
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE STOCK 
MARKET.
IT'S ABOUT WHETHER YOU CAN FIND 
WORK THAT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING
TO YOU INSTEAD OF FEELING LIKE 
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GRATEFUL 
JUST TO GET A PAYCHECK.
IT'S ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE WHO 
DIDN'T INHERIT MILLIONS FROM 
THEIR PARENTS CAN BUILD A 
BUSINESS FROM THE GROUND UP AND 
HAVE A REAL CHANCE TO COMPETE.
AND IT'S ABOUT WHETHER IN THE 
RICHEST COUNTRY ON EARTH 
EVERYONE, INCLUDING WOMEN, AND 
PEOPLE OF COLOR, FEEL INCLUDED 
AND EMPOWERED.
ECONOMISTS WILL ALSO TELL YOU 
THAT JOE BIDEN'S PLAN TO REBUILD
OUR ECONOMY WILL CREATE MILLIONS
OF JOBS.
BUT JOE WILL TELL YOU THAT HIS 
PLAN IS ABOUT MORE THAN THAT 
BECAUSE HE'S SEEN THE WORLD FROM
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN 
MOST POLITICIANS.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE 
IN A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST
PENTHOUSE APARTMENTS.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TAKE 
THE TRAIN TO WORK, NOT JUST A 
CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
THAT'S WHY HE LOOKS AT OUR 
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THE SAME WAY
WORKING PEOPLE DO AND SOLVE THEM
IN A WAY THAT PUTS WORKING 
PEOPLE FIRST.
JOE BIDEN RESPECTS AMERICAN 
WORKERS BECAUSE HE TRULY 
UNDERSTANDS THE DIGNITY OF WORK.
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS MOSTLY SMALL
TALK WHEN WE FIRST MET.
WHEN I WOULD COLLECT HIS TICKET 
AND TIME WENT ON, I LEARNED MORE
AND MORE ABOUT HIM AS OUR 
FRIENDSHIP GREW.
I THINK HE'S MOST COMFORTABLE 
AROUND EVERYDAY WORKING CLASS 
PEOPLE.
HE JUST ALWAYS MAKES YOU FEEL 
LIKE YOU BELONG.
♪
>> FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, JOE 
BIDEN TOOK THE TRAIN TO WORK.
AS A SINGLE DAD, HE PROMISED TO 
BE HOME TO KISS THE BOYS EVERY 
NIGHT AND THEN MAKE THEM 
BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING.
>> WHEN HE GOT ON THAT TRAIN, 
EVERYONE SEEMED EQUAL TO HIM.
HE HAD TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
>> JOE WAS A REGULAR.
HE BOUGHT ROUNDS OF COFFEE FOR 
FELLOW PASSENGERS AND CREW, AND 
HE GOT TO KNOW THE PEOPLE HE 
TRAVELED WITH.
>> THESE GUYS BROKE THEIR NECKS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS ROCKING, KEEPING 
THEIR BALANCE, COLLECTING 
TICKETS, HELPING PEOPLE WITH 
THEIR BAGS THAT ARE HEAVY AS 
HELL, AND THEY'RE DOING THIS FOR
HOURS.
AND WE BECAME REALLY GOOD 
FRIENDS.
>> HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN MY 
LIFE, MY CHILDREN.
AS TIME WENT ON, MY 
GRANDCHILDREN.
PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT TODAY.
PEOPLE DON'T EVEN NOD THEIR HEAD
TO THE AVERAGE WORKING PERSON.
THEY LOOKED AT US LIKE WE WERE 
IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
>> HE WOULD TREAT THE CONDUCTOR 
THE SAME AS HE WOULD THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS WHAT DAD TAUGHT US, THAT
EVERYBODY DESERVES TO BE TREATED
WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
>> AFTER JOE BECAME VICE 
PRESIDENT, HE CUT DOWN ON HIS 
COMMUTE, BUT HE KEPT IN TOUCH.
WHEN GREG WEAVER HAD A HEART 
ATTACK, HE GOT A PHONE CALL.
>> I WAS IN A BARBERSHOP IN NEW 
YORK CITY AND THE PHONE RINGS.
AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKING ME HOW 
I'M DOING.
HE WANTED TO KNOW THE WHOLE 
STORY.
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY YOU'RE 
TALKING TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE
IN THE BARBERSHOP WOULDN'T HAVE 
BELIEVED ME.
I'M NOT SAYING IT LIKE IT WAS 
ME, I WAS ANYTHING SPECIAL.
EVERYBODY WAS SPECIAL TO HIM.
WE HAVE HEROES ALL OVER THIS 
COUNTRY AND A LOT OF THE 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS OUT THERE THAT
WE DON'T EVEN SEE THAT ARE 
BEHIND THE SCENES ARE KEEPING 
THIS COUNTRY GOING.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
>> THE AVERAGE GUY IS IMPORTANT 
TO HIM.
THE AVERAGE GUY IS IMPORTANT TO 
HIM.
>> GOOD EVENING.
OUR GREAT NATION IS NOW LIVING 
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT.
WE'RE FACING THE WORST PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS IN 100 YEARS, AND 
THE WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE 
SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
WE ARE CONFRONTING SYSTEMIC 
RACISM AND THE ENORMOUS THREAT 
TO OUR PLANT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS,
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT 
ONLY INCAPABLE OF ADDRESSING 
THESE CRISES, BUT IS LEADING US 
DOWN THE PATH OF 
AUTHORITARIANISM.
THIS ELECTION IS THE MOST 
IMPORTANT IN THE MODERN HISTORY 
OF THIS COUNTRY.
IN RESPONSE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED
CRISES WE FACE, WE NEED AN 
UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE, A 
MOVEMENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE OF 
PEOPLE PREPARED TO STAND UP AND 
FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND DECENCY,
AND AGAINST GREED, OLIGARCH CAN 
I, AND BIGOTRY.
AND WE NEED JOE BIDEN AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT.
LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 
SAY A WORD TO THE MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED MY CAMPAIGN
THIS YEAR AND IN 2016.
MY FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
TRUST, YOUR SUPPORT, AND THE 
LOVE YOU SHOWED JANE, ME, AND 
OUR FAMILY.
TOGETHER WE HAVE MOVED THIS 
COUNTRY IN A BOLD NEW DIRECTION,
SHOWING THAT ALL OF US, BLACK 
AND WHITE, LATINO, NATIVE 
AMERICAN, ASIAN-AMERICAN, GAY 
AND STRAIGHT, NATIVE BORN AND 
IMMIGRANT, YEARN FOR A NATION 
BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF 
JUSTICE, LOVE, AND COMPASSION.
OUR CAMPAIGN ENDED SEVERAL 
MONTHS AGO, BUT OUR MOVEMENT 
CONTINUES AND IS GETTING 
STRONGER EVERY DAY.
MANY OF THE IDEAS WE FOUGHT FOR 
THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WERE 
CONSIDERED RADICAL ARE NOW MAIN 
STREET.
-- MAINSTREAM.
IF DONALD TRUMP IS RE-ELECTED, 
ALL THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE 
WILL BE IN JEOPARDY.
AT ITS MOST BASIC, THIS ELECTION
IS ABOUT PRESERVING OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
DURING THIS PRESIDENT'S TERM, 
THE UNTHINKABLE HAS BECOME 
NORMAL.
HE HAS TRIED TO PREVENT PEOPLE 
FROM VOTING, UNDERMINED THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE, DEPLOYED THE 
MILITARY AND FEDERAL AGENTS 
AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, 
THREATENED TO DELAY THE 
ELECTION, AND SUGGESTED THAT HE 
WILL NOT LEAVE OFFICE IF HE 
LOSES.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
AND WE MUST NEVER TREAT IT LIKE 
IT IS.
UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, 
AUTHORITARIANISM HAS TAKEN ROOT 
IN OUR COUNTRY.
I AND MY FAMILY, AND MANY OF 
YOURS KNOW THE INSIDIOUS WAY 
AUTHORITARIANISM DESTROYS 
DEMOCRACY, DECENCY, AND 
HUMANITY.
AS LONG AS I AM HERE, I WILL 
WORK WITH PROGRESSIVES, WITH 
MODERATES, AND, YES, WITH 
CONSERVATIVES TO PRESERVE THIS 
NATION FROM A THREAT THAT SO 
MANY OF OUR HEROES FOUGHT AND 
DIED TO DEFEAT.
THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT JUST THE 
THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY, BUT BY 
REJECTING SCIENCE, HE HAS PUT 
OUR LIVES AND HEALTH IN 
JEOPARDY.
TRUMP HAS ATTACKED DOCTORS AND 
SCIENTISTS TRYING TO PROTECT US 
FROM THE PANDEMIC.
WHILE REFUSING TO TAKE STRONG 
ACTION TO PRODUCE THE MASKS, 
GOWNS, AND GLOVES OUR HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS DESPERATELY NEED.
HE FIDDLED WHILE ROME BURNED.
TRUMP GOLFS.
HIS ACTIONS FANNED THIS 
PANDEMIC, RESULTING IN OVER 
170,000 DEATHS AND A NATION 
STILL UNPREPARED TO PROTECT ITS 
PEOPLE.
FURTHER MORE, TRUMP'S NEGLIGENCE
HAS EXACERBATED THE ECONOMIC 
CRISIS WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING.
SINCE THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN, OVER 
30 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
THEIR JOBS, AND MANY HAVE LOST 
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.
MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES ARE
WONDERING HOW THEY WILL FEED 
THEIR KIDS AND THEY'RE WORRIED 
THEY WILL BE EVICTED FROM THEIR 
HOMES.
HOW HAS TRUMP RESPONDED?
INSTEAD OF MAINTAINING THE $600 
A WEEK UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT 
THAT WORKERS WERE RECEIVING AND 
THE $1,200 EMERGENCY CHECKS THAT
MANY OF YOU RECEIVED, INSTEAD OF
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES, TRUMP 
CONCOCTED FRAUDULENT EXECUTIVE 
ORDERS THAT DO VIRTUALLY NOTHING
TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS WHILE 
THREATENING THE VERY FUTURE OF 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT EVEN 
BEFORE TRUMP'S NEGLIGENT 
RESPONSE TO THIS PANDEMIC, TOO 
MANY HARD-WORKING FAMILIES HAVE 
BEEN CAUGHT ON A AN ECONOMIC 
TREADMILL WITH NO HOPE OF EVER 
GETTING AHEAD.
TOGETHER WE MUST BUILD A NATION 
THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE, MORE 
COMPASSIONATE, AND MORE 
INCLUSIVE.
I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BEGIN
THAT FIGHT ON DAY ONE.
LET ME OFFER YOU JUST A FEW 
EXAMPLES OF HOW JOE WILL MOVE US
FORWARD.
JOE SUPPORTS RAISING THE MINIMUM
WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR.
THIS WILL GIVE 40 MILLION 
WORKERS A PAY RAISE AND PUSH THE
WAGE SCALE UP FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
JOE WILL ALSO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS, CREATE 
12 WEEKS OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE, 
FUND UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR 3 AND 
4-YEAR-OLDS AND MAKE CHILD CARE 
AFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF 
FAMILIES.
JOE WILL REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIGHT THE 
THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY 
TRANSITIONING US TO 100% CLEAN 
ELECTRICITY OVER THE NEXT 15 
YEARS.
THESE INITIATIVES WILL CREATE 
MILLIONS OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS ALL
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE ONLY 
INDUSTRIALIZED NATION NOT TO 
GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL 
PEOPLE.
WHILE JOE AND I DISAGREE ON THE 
BEST PATH TO GET UNIVERSAL 
COVERAGE, HE HAS A PLAN THAT 
WILL GREATLY EXPAND HEALTH CARE 
AND CUT THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
FURTHER, HE WILL LOWER THE 
ELIGIBILITY AGE OF MEDICARE FROM
65 DOWN TO 60.
TO HELP REFORM OUR BROKEN 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, JOE 
WILL END PRIVATE PRISONS AND 
DETENTION CENTERS, CASH BAIL, 
AND THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON 
PIPELINE.
AND TO HEAL THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION, JOE BIDEN WILL END THE 
HATE AND DIVISION TRUMP HAS 
CREATED.
HE WILL STOP THE DEMONIZATION OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE CODDLING OF 
WHITE NATIONALISTS, THE RACIST 
DOG WHISTLING, THE RELIGIOUS 
BIGOTRY AND THE UGLY ATTACKS ON 
WOMEN.
MY FRIENDS, I SAY TO YOU, TO 
EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OTHER 
CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY, AND 
TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR 
DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 
ELECTION, THE FUTURE OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR ECONOMY IS AT 
STAKE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET IS AT 
STAKE.
WE MUST COME TOGETHER, DEFEAT 
DONALD TRUMP, AND ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT.
MY FRIENDS, THE PRICE OF FAILURE
IS JUST TOO GREAT TO IMAGINE.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> MY AMERICAN DREAM IS TO HAVE 
AN AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE 
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
>> FOR EVERY PERSON WHO HAVE 
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND 
ECONOMIC MEANS TO CARE FOR 
THEMSELVES AND FAMILIES. 
>> ACCESS TO EQUALITY AND 
EQUITABLE EDUCATION. 
>> A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT 
PROTECTS THE WORKERS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> JOE BIDEN THROUGHOUT HIS 
CAREER HAS FOCUSED ON REBUILDING
THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
>> WE NEED A LEADER THAT 
SUPPORTS OUR UNIONS FOR OUR 
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE. 
>> REAL LEADERSHIP TO SHOW 
GENUINE SUPPORT FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES DURING THIS DOWNTURN 
DUE TO THE COVID CRISIS. 
>> I BELIEVE JOE BIDEN HAS THE 
EXPERIENCE, THE PLATFORM, AND 
THE EMPATHY TO BUILD AMERICA 
BACK BETTER.
>> HE WANTS GOOD THINGS FOR ALL 
AMERICANS, NOT JUST A SELECT 
FEW.
♪
>> THE VOICES WE LONG TO HEAR 
RIGHT NOW ARE THE ONES THAT 
SPEAK WITH COURAGE AND KINDNESS,
STRENGTH AND WISDOM, LOVE AND 
COMPASSION.
THEY'RE UNAFRAID TO SPEAK THE 
TRUTH AND TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN 
UNCERTAINTIES AND STRUGGLES.
THEY MAKE US FEEL SEEN AND 
INSPIRE US TO BECOME THE BEST 
VERSIONS OF OURSELVES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THAT FOR ALL
OF US.
IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO 
INTRODUCE THE FORMER FIRST LADY 
MICHELLE OBAMA.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
IT'S A HARD TIME, AND EVERYONE'S
FEELING IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE 
RELUCTANT TO TUNE INTO A 
POLITICAL CONVENTION RIGHT NOW 
OR TO POLITICS IN GENERAL.
BELIEVE ME, I GET THAT.
BUT I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I 
LOVE THIS COUNTRY WITH ALL MY 
HEART, AND IT PAINS ME TO SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE HURTING.
I'VE MET SO MANY OF YOU.
I'VE HEARD YOUR STORIES.
AND THROUGH YOU, I HAVE SEEN 
THIS COUNTRY'S PROMISE.
AND THANKS TO SO MANY WHO CAME 
BEFORE ME, THANKS TO THEIR TOIL 
AND SWEAT AND BLOOD, I'VE BEEN 
ABLE TO LIVE THAT PROMISE 
MYSELF.
THAT'S THE STORY OF AMERICA.
ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO SACRIFICED 
AND OVERCAME SO MUCH IN THEIR 
OWN TIMES BECAUSE THEY WANTED 
SOMETHING MORE, SOMETHING BETTER
FOR THEIR KIDS.
THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTY IN THAT 
STORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN IN IT TOO.
A LOT OF STRUGGLE AND INJUSTICE 
AND WORK LEFT TO DO.
AND WHO WE CHOOSE AS OUR 
PRESIDENT IN THIS ELECTION WILL 
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE 
HONOR THAT STRUGGLE AND CHIP 
AWAY AT THAT INJUSTICE AND KEEP 
ALIVE THE VERY POSSIBILITY OF 
FINISHING THAT WORK.
I AM ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE 
LIVING TODAY WHO HAVE SEEN 
FIRSTHAND THE IMMENSE WEIGHT AND
AWESOME POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY.
AND LET ME ONCE AGAIN TELL YOU 
THIS -- THE JOB IS HARD.
IT REQUIRES CLEAR-HEADED 
JUDGMENT, A MASTERY OF COMPLEX 
AND COMPETING ISSUES, A DEVOTION
TO FACTS AND HISTORY, A MORAL 
COMPASS, AND AN ABILITY TO 
LISTEN.
AND AN ABIDING BELIEF THAT EACH 
OF THE 330 MILLION LIVES IN THIS
COUNTRY HAS MEANING AND WORTH.
A PRESIDENT'S WORDS HAVE THE 
POWER TO MOVE MARKETS.
THEY CAN START WARS OR BROKER 
PEACE.
THEY CAN SUMMON OUR BETTER 
ANGELS OR AWAKEN OUR WORST 
STATISTICS.
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT FAKE YOUR WAY 
THROUGH THIS JOB.
AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, BEING 
PRESIDENT DOESN'T CHANGE WHO YOU
ARE, IT REVEALS WHO YOU ARE.
WELL, A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 
CAN REVEAL WHO WE ARE TOO.
AND FOUR YEARS AGO, TOO MANY 
PEOPLE CHOSE TO BELIEVE THAT 
THEIR VOTES DIDN'T MATTER.
MAYBE THEY WERE FED UP.
MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THE OUTCOME 
WOULDN'T BE CLOSE.
MAYBE THE BARRIERS FELT TOO 
STEEP.
WHATEVER THE REASON, IN THE END,
THOSE CHOICES SENT SOMEONE TO 
THE OVAL OFFICE WHO LOST THE 
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BY NEARLY 
3 MILLION VOTES.
IN ONE OF THE STATES THAT 
DETERMINED THE OUTCOME, THE 
WINNING MARGIN AVERAGED OUT TO 
JUST TWO VOTES PER PRECINCT, TWO
VOTES.
AND WE'VE ALL BEEN LIVING WITH 
THE CONSEQUENCES.
WHEN MY HUSBAND LEFT OFFICE WITH
JOE BIDEN AT HIS SIDE, WE HAD A 
RECORD-BREAKING STRETCH OF JOB 
CREATION.
WE'D SECURED THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
CARE FOR 20 MILLION PEOPLE.
WE WERE RESPECTED AROUND THE 
WORLD, RALLYING OUR ALLIES TO 
CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE, AND OUR
LEADERS HAD WORKED HAND IN HAND 
WITH SCIENTISTS TO HELP PREVENT 
AN EBOLA OUTBREAK FROM BECOMING 
A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
FOUR YEARS LATER, THE STATE OF 
THIS NATION IS VERY DIFFERENT.
MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED, AND OUR ECONOMY IS IN 
SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF A VIRUS THAT
THIS PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYED FOR 
TOO LONG.
IT HAS LEFT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
JOBLESS, TOO MANY HAVE LOST 
THEIR HEALTH CARE, TOO MANY ARE 
STRUGGLING TO TAKE CARE OF BASIC
NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD AND RENT.
TOO MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN 
LEFT IN THE LURCH TO GRAPPLE 
WITH HOW TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS 
SAFELY.
INTERNATIONALLY WE'VE TURNED OUR
BACK, NOT JUST ON AGREEMENTS 
FORGED BY MY HUSBAND, BUT ON 
ALLIANCES CHAMPIONED BY 
PRESIDENTS LIKE REAGAN AND 
EISENHOWER.
AND HERE AT HOME, AS GEORGE 
FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR, AND A 
NEVER-ENDING LIST OF INNOCENT 
PEOPLE OF COLOR CONTINUE TO BE 
MURDERED, STATING A SIMPLE FACT 
THAT A BLACK LIFE MATTERS IS 
STILL MET WITH DERISION FROM THE
NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE.
BECAUSE WHENEVER WE LOOK TO THIS
WHITE HOUSE FOR SOME LEADERSHIP 
OR CONSOLATION, OR ANY SEMBLANCE
OF STEADINESS, WHAT WE GET 
INSTEAD IS CHAOS, DIVISION, AND 
A TOTAL AND UTTER LACK OF 
EMPATHY.
EMPATHY.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN 
THINKING A LOT ABOUT LATELY.
THE ABILITY TO WALK IN SOMEONE 
ELSE'S SHOES, THE RECOGNITION 
THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S EXPERIENCE 
HAS VALUE TOO.
MOST OF US PRACTICE THIS WITHOUT
A SECOND THOUGHT.
IF WE SEE SOMEONE SUFFERING OR 
STRUGGLING, WE DON'T STAND IN 
JUDGMENT, WE REACH OUT BECAUSE 
THEY ARE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF 
GOD GO I.
IT IS NOT A HARD CONCEPT TO 
GRASP.
IT'S WHAT WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, BARACK AND 
I HAVE TRIED OUR BEST TO INSTILL
IN OUR GIRLS A STRONG MORAL 
FOUNDATION, TO CARRY FORWARD THE
VALUES THAT OUR PARENTS AND 
GRANDPARENTS POURED INTO US.
BUT RIGHT NOW KIDS IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN WE STOP REQUIRING EMPATHY 
OF ONE ANOTHER.
THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND WONDERING
IF WE'VE BEEN LYING TO THEM THIS
WHOLE TIME ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND 
WHAT WE TRULY VALUE.
THEY SEE PEOPLE SHOUTING IN 
GROCERY STORES, UNWILLING TO 
WEAR A MASK TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
THEY SEE PEOPLE CALLING THE 
POLICE ON FOLKS MINDING THEIR 
OWN BUSINESS JUST BECAUSE OF THE
COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
THEY SEE AN ENTITLEMENT THAT 
SAYS ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE BELONG 
HERE, THAT GREED IS GOOD AND 
WINNING IS EVERYTHING BECAUSE AS
LONG AS YOU COME OUT ON TOP, IT 
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO 
EVERYONE ELSE.
AND THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
THAT LACK OF EMPATHY IS GINNED 
UP INTO OUTRIGHT DISDAIN.
THEY SEE OUR LEADERS LABELING 
FELLOW CITIZENS ENEMIES OF THE 
STATE, WHILE EMBOLDING 
TORCH-BEARING WHITE 
SUPREMACISTS.
THEY WATCH IN HORROR AS CHILDREN
ARE TORN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND
THROWN INTO CAGES AND PEPPER 
SPRAY AND RUBBER BULLETS ARE 
USED ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS FOR 
A PHOTO OP.
SADLY, THIS IS THE AMERICA THAT 
IS ON DISPLAY FOR THE NEXT 
GENERATION, A NATION THAT'S 
UNDERPERFORMING NOT SIMPLY ON 
MATTERS OF POLICY, BUT ON 
MATTERS OF CHARACTER.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST 
DISAPPOINTING, IT'S DOWN THERE 
INFURIATING.
BECAUSE I KNOW THE GOODNESS AND 
THE GRACE THAT IS OUT THERE IN 
HOUSEHOLDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALL
ACROSS THIS NATION, AND I KNOW 
THAT REGARDLESS OF OUR RACE, 
AGE, RELIGION OR POLITICS, WHEN 
WE CLOSE OUT THE NOISE AND THE 
FEAR AND TRULY OPEN OUR HEARTS, 
WE KNOW THAT WHAT'S GOING ON IN 
THIS COUNTRY IS JUST NOT RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT WHO WE WANT TO BE.
SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY?
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS A LOT 
OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHEN 
OTHERS ARE GOING SO LOW, DOES 
GOING HIGH STILL REALLY WORK?
MY ANSWER -- GOING HIGH IS THE 
ONLY THING THAT WORKS BECAUSE 
WHEN WE GO LOW, WHEN WE USE 
THOSE SAME TACTICS OF DEGRADING 
AND DEHUMANIZING OTHERS, WE JUST
BECOME PART OF THE UGLY NOISE 
THAT'S DROWNING OUT EVERYTHING 
ELSE.
WE DEGRADE OURSELVES, WE DEGRADE
THE VERY CAUSES FOR WHICH WE 
FIGHT.
BUT LET'S BE CLEAR.
GOING HIGH DOES NOT MEAN PUTTING
ON A SMILE AND SAYING NICE 
THINGS WHEN CONFRONTED BY 
VICIOUSNESS AND CRUELTY.
GOING HIGH MEANS TAKING THE 
HARDER PATH.
IT MEANS SCRAPING AND CLAWING 
OUR WAY TO THAT MOUNTAIN TOP.
GOING HIGH MEANS STANDING FIERCE
AGAINST HATRED WHILE REMEMBERING
THAT WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD, AND IF WE WANT TO SURVIVE, 
WE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE 
TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER 
ACROSS OUR DIFFERENCES.
AND GOING HIGH MEANS UNLOCKING 
THE SHACKLES OF LIES AND 
MISTRUST WITH THE ONLY THING 
THAT CAN TRULY SET US FREE, THE 
COLD, HARD TRUTH.
SO LET ME BE AS HONEST AND CLEAR
AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG 
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,
BUT HE CLEARLY IN OVER HIS HEAD.
HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED 
HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MY MESSAGE 
WON'T BE HEARD BY SOME PEOPLE.
WE LIVE IN A NATION THAT IS 
DEEPLY DIVIDED AND I AM A BLACK 
WOMAN SPEAKING AT THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
BUT ENOUGH OF YOU KNOW ME BY 
NOW.
YOU KNOW THAT I TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHAT I'M FEELING.
YOU KNOW I HATE POLITICS.
BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I CARE 
ABOUT THIS NATION.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT 
ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
SO IF YOU TAKE ONE THING FROM MY
WORDS TONIGHT, IT IS THIS -- IF 
YOU THINK THINGS CANNOT POSSIBLY
GET WORSE, TRUST ME, THEY CAN 
AND THEY WILL IF WE DON'T MAKE A
CHANGE IN THIS ELECTION.
IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF ENDING 
THIS CHAOS, WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE 
FOR JOE BIDEN LIKE OUR LIVES 
DEPEND ON IT.
I KNOW JOE.
HE IS A PROFOUNDLY DECENT MAN 
GUIDED BY FAITH.
HE WAS A TERRIFIC VICE 
PRESIDENT.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO RESCUE
AN ECONOMY, BEAT BACK A 
PANDEMIC, AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY.
AND HE LISTENS.
HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH AND TRUST
SCIENCE.
HE WILL MAKE SMART PLANS AND 
MANAGE A GOOD TEAM.
AND HE WILL GOVERN AS SOMEONE 
WHO'S LIVED A LIFE THAT THE REST
OF US CAN RECOGNIZE.
WHEN HE WAS A KID, JOE'S FATHER 
LOST HIS JOB.
WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG SENATOR, JOE
LOST HIS WIFE AND HIS BABY 
DAUGHTER.
AND WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT, 
HE LOST HIS BELOVED SON.
SO JOE KNOWS THE ANGUISH OF 
SITTING AT A TABLE WITH AN EMPTY
CHAIR, WHICH IS WHY HE GIVES HIS
TIME SO FREELY TO GRIEVING 
PARENTS.
JOE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 
STRUGGLE, WHICH IS WHY HE GIVES 
HIS PHONE NUMBER TO KIDS 
OVERCOMING A STUTTER OF THEIR 
OWN.
HIS LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO 
GETTING BACK UP, AND HE IS GOING
TO CHANNEL THAT SAME GRIT AND 
PASSION TO PICK US ALL UP, TO 
HELP US HEAL AND GUIDE US 
FORWARD.
NOW, JOE IS NOT PERFECT, AND HE 
WOULD BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU 
THAT.
BUT THERE IS NO PERFECT 
CANDIDATE, NO PERFECT PRESIDENT,
AND HIS ABILITY TO LEARN AND 
GROW, WE FIND IN THAT THE KIND 
OF HUMILITY AND MATURITY THAT SO
MANY OF US YEARN FOR RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS SERVED 
THIS NATION HIS ENTIRE LIFE 
WITHOUT EVER LOSING SIGHT OF WHO
HE IS.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE HAS NEVER
LOST SIGHT OF WHO WE ARE, ALL OF
US.
JOE BIDEN WANTS ALL OF OUR KIDS 
TO GO TO A GOOD SCHOOL, SEE A 
DOCTOR WHEN THEY'RE SICK, LIVE 
ON A HEALTHY PLANET.
AND HE'S GOT PLANS TO MAKE ALL 
OF THAT HAPPEN.
JOE BIDEN WANTS ALL OF OUR KIDS,
NO MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, 
TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR 
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING 
HARASSED, ARRESTED, OR KILLED.
HE WANTS ALL OF OUR KIDS TO BE 
ABLE TO GO TO A MOVIE OR A MATH 
CLASS WITHOUT BEING AFRAID OF 
GETTING SHOT.
HE WANTS ALL OUR KIDS TO GROW UP
WITH LEADERS WHO WON'T JUST 
SERVE THEMSELVES AND THEIR 
WEALTHY PEERS, BUT WILL PROVIDE 
A SAFETY NET FOR PEOPLE FACING 
HARD TIMES.
AND IF WE WANT A CHANCE TO 
PURSUE ANY OF THESE GOALS, ANY 
OF THESE MOST BASIC REQUIREMENTS
FOR A FUNCTIONING SOCIETY, WE 
HAVE TO VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN IN 
NUMBERS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED, 
ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR 
BALLOTS.
THESE TACTICS ARE NOT NEW.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO 
WITHHOLD OUR VOTES IN PROTESTS 
OR PLAY GAMES WITH CANDIDATES 
WHO HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING.
WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE LIKE WE DID 
IN 2008 AND 2012.
WE'VE GOT TO SHOW UP WITH THE 
SAME LEVEL OF PASSION AND HOPE 
FOR JOE BIDEN.
WE'VE GOT TO VOTE EARLY, IN 
PERSON IF WE CAN.
WE GOT TO REQUEST OUR MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, AND 
SEND THEM BACK IMMEDIATELY.
AND FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE 
THEY'RE RECEIVED, AND THEN MAKE 
SURE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES DO
THE SAME.
WE HAVE GOT TO GRAB OUR 
COMFORTABLE SHOES, PUT ON OUR 
MASK, PACK A BROWN BAG DINNER 
AND MAYBE BREAKFAST TOO, BECAUSE
WE GOT TO BE WILLING TO STAND IF
LINE ALL NIGHT IF WE HAVE TO.
LOOK, WE HAVE ALREADY SACRIFICED
SO MUCH THIS YEAR.
SO MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY GOING
THAT EXTRA MILE.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE EXHAUSTED, 
YOU'RE MUSTERING UP UNIMAGINABLE
COURAGE TO PUT ON THOSE SCRUBS 
AND GIVE OUR LOVED ONES A 
FIGHTING CHANCE.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ANXIOUS, YOU'RE
DELIVERING THOSE PACKAGES, 
STOCKING THOSE SHELVES, AND 
DOING ALL THAT ESSENTIAL WORK SO
THAT ALL OF US CAN KEEP MOVING 
FORWARD.
EVEN WHEN IT ALL FEELS SO 
OVERWHELMING, WORKING PARENTS 
ARE SOMEHOW PIECING IT ALL 
TOGETHER WITHOUT CHILD CARE.
TEACHERS ARE GETTING CREATIVE SO
OUR KIDS CAN STILL LEARN AND 
GROW.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DESPERATELY
FIGHTING TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS.
AND WHEN THE HORRORS OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM SHOOK OUR COUNTRY AND OUR
CONSCIENCES, MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS OF EVERY AGE, EVERY 
BACKGROUND ROSE UP TO MARCH FOR 
EACH OTHER, CRYING OUT FOR 
JUSTICE AND PROGRESS.
THIS IS WHO WE STILL ARE.
COMPASSIONATE, RESILIENT, DECENT
PEOPLE WHOSE FORTUNES ARE BOUND 
UP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND IT IS WELL PAST TIME FOR OUR
LEADERS TO ONCE AGAIN REFLECT 
OUR TRUTH.
SO IT IS UP TO US TO ADD OUR 
VOICES AND OUR VOTES TO THE 
COURSE OF HISTORY, ECHOING 
HEROES LIKE JOHN LEWIS WHO SAID,
"WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS 
NOT RIGHT, YOU MUST SAY 
SOMETHING.
YOU MUST DO SOMETHING".
THAT IS THE TRUEST FORM OF 
EMPATHY, NOT JUST FEELING, BUT 
DOING.
NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES OR OUR 
KIDS, BUT FOR EVERYONE, FOR ALL 
OUR KIDS.
AND IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE 
POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS ALIVE IN
OUR TIME, IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE 
TO LOOK OUR CHILDREN IN THE EYE 
AFTER THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE GOT
TO REASSERT OUR PLACE IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY AND WE HAVE GOT
TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ELECT
MY FRIEND, JOE BIDEN, AS THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES.
THANK YOU ALL.
GOD BLESS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WOW, WOW, WOW.
THANK YOU, MICHELLE OBAMA.
YOU ARE WHAT WE MISS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
WE NEED MORE OF THAT EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PART
OF THIS UNCONVENTIONAL 
CONVENTION.
THANKS TO ALL OF Y'ALL WHO'VE 
BEEN TUNING IN.
IT'S A CONVENTION ABOUT YOU AND 
FOR YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO HEAR FROM 
THOSE WHO WILL BE LEADING -- 
LEADING OUR NATION OUT OF THE 
CURRENT CRISIS, THE ECONOMY, THE
PANDEMIC, RACIAL INJUSTICE, TO 
LISTEN AND TO LEARN ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS' PLANS 
TO BRING ABOUT CHANGES WE ALL 
NEED.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO UNITE 
ACROSS AMERICA.
IN ADDITION, WE'LL CALL THE ROLL
AND HEAR FROM THE FUTURE FIRST 
LADY, DR. JILL BIDEN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 
JOINING US.
JOIN US THE REST OF THE WEEK.
THIS IS YOUR CONVENTION.
THIS IS YOUR CAMPAIGN.
AND WE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 
SAVE THIS DEMOCRACY IN NOVEMBER.
RIGHT NOW BILLY PORTER AND 
STEPHEN STILLS ARE GOING TO 
REMIND US WHAT IT'S ALL WORTH.
GOOD NIGHT.
♪
♪
♪ THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING 
HERE ♪
♪ WHAT IT IS AIN'T EXACTLY 
CLEAR ♪
♪ THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN OVER 
THERE ♪
♪ TELLING ME I GOT TO BE AWARE ♪
♪ STOP CHILDREN WHAT'S THAT 
SOUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON
DOWN 
♪ 
♪
♪ THERE'S BATTLE LINES BEING 
DRAWN ♪
♪ NOBODY'S RIGHT EVERYBODY'S 
WRONG ♪
♪ YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAKING THEIR 
MINDS ♪
♪ FROM BEHIND ♪
♪ WE GOT TO STOP CHILDREN WHAT'S
THAT SOUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING 
DOWN ♪
♪ A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE 
STREET ♪
♪ SINGING SONGS AND CARRYING 
SIGNS ♪
♪ MUST WE SAY WHO'S FROM OUR 
SIDE ♪
♪ STOP CHILDREN WHAT'S THAT 
SOUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING 
DOWN ♪
♪ DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪
♪ WHOA ♪
♪ PARANOIA STRIKES DEEP INTO 
YOUR LIFE IT WILL CREEP ♪
♪ IT STARTS WHEN YOU'RE ALWAYS 
AFRAID ♪
♪ YOU STEP OUT OF LINE THE MEN 
COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY ♪
♪ WE BETTER STOP CHILDREN WHAT'S
THAT SOUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING 
DOWN ♪
♪ STOP CHILDREN LOOK AROUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING 
DOWN ♪
♪ STOP, HEY, LOOK AROUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING 
DOWN ♪
♪ STOP, STOP WHOA ♪
♪ WE NEED A CHANGE ♪
♪ WHOA ♪
♪
♪ OH ♪
>> WE THE PEOPLE CALL THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 
TO ORDER.
>> TODAY WE GATHERED VIRTUALLY.
HOWEVER, WE GATHER UNIFIED IN 
SPIRIT, YOUR FRIEND IN OUR 
VALUES AND PURPOSE. 
>> IT'S UP TO US TO CARRY OUT 
THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
OUR ACTIONS WILL BE THEIR 
LEGACIES. 
>> WE JUST GOT TO KEEP PUSHING.
WE CAN'T LET UP. 
>> JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
IT'LL BE SCIENCE, NOT POLITICS 
OR EGO THAT WILL DRIVE THEIR 
DECISIONS.
THEY KNOW THE HEALTH OF OUR 
PEOPLE GOES HAND IN HAND WITH 
THE STRENGTH OF OUR ECONOMY. 
>> MY DAD WAS A HEALTHY 
65-YEAR-OLD.
HIS ONLY PRE-EXISTING CONDITION 
WAS TRUSTING DONALD TRUMP, AND 
FOR THAT HE PAID WITH HIS LIFE. 
>> THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY 
IS AT STAKE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR ECONOMY IS AT 
STAKE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET IS AT 
STAKE. 
>> IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK
OUR CHILDREN IN THE EYE AFTER 
THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE GOT TO 
REASSERT OUR PLACE IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY, AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ELECT MY 
FRIEND, JOE BIDEN, AS THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> HELLO, I AM PASTOR JERRY 
YOUNG.
LET US PRAY TOGETHER.
ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO
YOU FOR HAVING GRANTED TO OUR 
NATION THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL BY 
WHICH OUR DESTINY MAY BE 
FASHIONED.
WE'RE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR HAVING
BLESSED THESE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA TO SURVIVE THE CLIMATE 
OF CONFUSION AND CHAOS, RACISM, 
AND INJUSTICE, UNCERTAINTY, 
HELPLESSNESS AND 
IRRESPONSIBILITY.
WE NOW INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE AND 
PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE 
LIFE OF THIS CONVENTION.
IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT YOU WILL 
ENABLE THIS CONVENTION
A VISION THAT WILL INSPIRE, 
INFORM, AND BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL 
AMERICANS.
A VISION THAT WILL REKINDLE IN 
US A RESIGNED COMMITMENT TO THE 
HIGH IDEAL OF OUR DEMOCRACY , 
THAT WE CREATED EQUAL AND 
ENDOWED BY THE CREATOR WITH 
CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT 
AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, 
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
WE WOULD PRAY THAT YOU WOULD 
GRANT TO THOSE TO WHOM WE WILL 
ENTRUST WITH THE AUTHORITY OF 
GOVERNMENT TO BE COMPETENT, 
COMPASSIONATE, COURAGEOUS, 
COMMITTED, AND CONSECRATED, AND 
GUIDE US, 350ER7B8GS TO SUPPORT 
US IN WISE LEGISLATION THAT WE 
MAY ALL PROSPER UNDER AN EQUAL 
LAW, DEFEND OUR LIBERTIES, AND 
GRANT US A SENSE OF OUR OWN 
RESPONSIBILITY, ACHIEVE UNITY OF
PURPOSE AMONG US, AND GRANT UNTO
US THE VICTORY OF FAITH AND 
FREEDOM AND THE IDEAS TO WHICH 
WE ARE COMMITTED AS A NATION, 
STRENGTHEN US WITH HONOR AND 
GRANT US PEACE.
PROVIDE US, OH, GOD WITH THE 
STRENGTH AND SPIRITUAL 
SUSTENANCE TO DO JUSTLY. 
>> WE ARE IN RIECESS UNTIL 
TOMORROW EVENING.
