FROM BERNIE SANDERS AND OTHER
FORMER PRIMARY RIVALS, TO
REPUBLICANS LIKE JOHN KASICH AND
THEN MICHELLE OBAMA THE
HEADLINER.
SHE ASSAILED PRESIDENT TRUMP
WHILE MAKING THE CASE THAT
AMERICA NEEDS JOE BIDEN’S
LEADERSHIP NOW MORE THAN EVER.
>> MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED AND OUR ECONOMY IS IN
SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF A VIRUS THAT
THIS PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYED FOR
TOO LONG.
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.
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.
>> YOU KNOW, KIMBERLY ATKINS,
IT’S FASCINATING THAT FOUR YEARS
LATER DONALD TRUMP’S MESSAGE HAS
BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD.
NOT JUST BY MICHELLE OBAMA, BUT
BY 150, 160, 170,000 DEATHS.
WHAT DID DONALD TRUMP SAY TO
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WHAT DID HE
SAY TO BLACK VOTERS FOUR YEARS
AGO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?
AND LAST NIGHT, MICHELLE OBAMA’S
MESSAGE AFTER FOUR YEARS OF
DEATH, AFTER FOUR YEARS OF
ECONOMIC DEVASTATION, WHAT DID
MICHELLE OBAMA SAY?
IF YOU DON’T THINK THINGS CAN
GET WORSE, YOU’RE WRONG.
THEY CAN.
AND THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK
VOTERS BUT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND
AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN
DEVASTATED BY THIS PANDEMIC THAT
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN PLAYING
DOWN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
THOSE WORDS LIKELY RESONATED
LAST NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> THEY REALLY DID.
YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION TRUMP
POSED FOUR YEARS AGO, WE LEARNED
WHAT HE -- HE ACTUALLY SAID WHAT
THE HELL DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?
WE LEARNED THE ANSWER IS YOUR
LIVELIHOOD, YOUR JOBS, YOUR
HEALTH CARE AND POTENTIALLY YOUR
LIFE.
CERTAINLY NOW YOUR ABILITY TO
VOTE OR BE ABLE TO GET YOUR
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THROUGH THE
MAIL.
MICHELLE OBAMA DID A VERY GOOD
JOB OF UNDERSCORING THE URGENCY.
LOOK, WE’VE BEEN HEARING FOR
MONTHS NOW ABOUT NOT JUST WITHIN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALL THE
FACTIONS AND CAN THEY GET
ENERGIZED AND WILL JOE BIDEN BE
THE RIGHT PERSON?
WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT WAS FROM
REPUBLICANS, FROM PROGRESSIVES,
FROM MICHELLE OBAMA, FROM
EVERYONE SAYING, LOOK, WHETHER
OR NOT JOE BIDEN WAS YOUR GUY IN
THE PRIMARY, WHETHER OR NOT JOE
BIDEN IS THE GUY IN YOUR PARTY,
THIS IS A MOMENT THAT IS URGENT
AND REQUIRES YOUR ACTION.
SHE USED HER OWN WORDS ABOUT
GOING HIGH WHEN OTHERS GO LOW.
SHE SAID THAT VOTERS CAN GO HIGH
BY DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN, BY
VOTING LIKE THEIR LIVES DEPEND
UPON IT.
SO SHE PUT THAT THERE.
THAT’S THE URGENCY.
IT’S A PANDEMIC, YOU MAY HAVE TO
WEAR A MASK, PACK A DINNER
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STAND IN
LINE BUT THAT WAS THE CALL TO
ACTION AND SHE WAS THE BEST
MESSENGER OF THAT.
SHE WAS THE BEST SPEAKER IN 2016
IN PHILADELPHIA, IF YOU RECALL,
SHE LIT UP THAT PLACE.
THE ELECTRICITY WAS HARD TO
